Cincinnati Adolescent and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, The Heart Institute at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati Medical School, Cincinnati, OH; Boston Adult Congenital Heart (BACH) Group, Depts of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Columbus Ohio Adult Congenital Heart Disea...

Background & Aims:  Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common congenital anomaly, accounting for 28% of all congenital anomalies in infants. The present study was performed to determine the frequency, demographic characteristics, and clinical outcomes in neonates with CHD. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 341 neonates with CHD adm...

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An epidemiologic survey of congenital heart disease was performed in Guadeloupe, French West Indies, during the j-year period 1988-1990. This survey, the first on congenital heart disease from the Caribbean, found an overall rate of 6.08 congenital heart disease cases per 1 000 live births, a high rate of hypoplasfic left heart disease, and a rate of coarcfafion of the aorta similar to rates re...

Serum insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3), and a range of growth and nutritional variables were investigated in 62 infants with congenital heart disease and healthy controls. Infants with congenital heart disease were small, underweight, and had a reduced energy intake. Serum IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 concentrations were significantly reduced. Dec...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate the renal tubular function in the patients with congenital heart disease using β2-microglobulin. METHODS In this case-control study, based on oxymetry, the patients with congenital heart disease were divided into two groups of cyanotic (n=20) and acyanotic (n=20). Congenital heart disease was diagnosed by echocardiography. Healthy individuals within the...