Abstract:Objectives: We aimed to investigate the levels and diagnostic value of plasma growth differentiation factor15 (GDF-15) in children with pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital heart disease (PH-CHD).
Methods: One hundred infants and children with CHD were included in the study; 50 of them with PHCHD and another 50 patients with CHD only. Fifty healthy infants and children of matched age and sex
were included as a control group. GDF-15 levels as well as echocardiographic examination were done for
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