Body Mass Index Trajectory and Outcome Post Fontan Procedure

Body Mass Index Trajectory and Outcome Post Fontan Procedure

Background Patients with a single ventricle who experience early life growth failure suffer high morbidity and mortality in the perisurgical period. However, long‐term implications of poor infant growth, as well as associations between body mass index (BMI) and outcome in adulthood, remain unclear....

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Main Authors: Emma Payne, Frances Garden, Yves d’Udekem, Zoe McCallum, Helen Wightman, Diana Zannino, Dominica Zentner, Rachael Cordina, Robert Weintraub, Thomas G. Wilson, Julian Ayer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-09-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
body mass index
congenital heart disease
Fontan procedure
LCGA
single ventricle
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.122.025931

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