Growth History of Children With Congenital Heart Defects

Nutritional Status in Iranian Non-Syndromic Patients with Acyanotic Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Surgical Repair

“…The prevalence of growth impairments is 64% in children with cardiac defects in developed countries (12); however, it is more prevalent and more severe in developing countries with a rate of 90%. In addition, the malnutrition is a usual phenomenon even in healthy children (8,13,14). In our study, 68.7% had immediate, 66.4% had acute, and 48.6% had mild to severe forms of chronic malnutrition.…”

Growth Failure in Association with Congenital Heart Disease

“…Their study indicated that weight was retarded more often than height, and boys were affected more severely than girls. The greater retardation of growth in boys was confirmed by Bayer and Robinson8 in a 1969 study of 317 children with congenital cardiac problems. They found, however, that the size of these children (especially girls) became closer to normal in adolescence, whether or not there had been surgical correction.…”

Children with Congenital Heart Disease: A Nutrition Challenge

“…However, no difference was observed between cyanotic and acyanotic children. l 3 Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the interrelationship between CHD and growth. They includes various cardiac lesions, low energy intake, hypermetabolism, age at the time of operation, prenatal factors, and malabsorption (Table 1).…”