Somatic growth failure after the Fontan operation

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 447-457

  Cohen, Mitchell I ^a,b   Bush, David M ^a   Ferry Jr , Robert J ^a   Spray, Thomas L ^a   Moshang Jr , Thomas ^a   Wernovsky, Gil ^a   Vetter, Victoria L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Fontan; Functionally single ventricle; Growth

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034279973     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100008118     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Guyer B, Martin JA, MacDorman MF, Anderson RN, Strobino DM. Annual summary of vital statistics. Pediatrics 1997;100(6): 905-918.
2. Fyler DC. Report of the New England Regional Infant Cardiac Program. Pediatrics 1980;65: 376-460.
3. Ferencz C. Congenital heart disease: Prevalence at live birth; The Baltimore-Washington Infant Study. Am J Epidemiol 1984;121: 131.
4. th Ed. Lippincott Raven Publishers, New York (NY): 1998. P. 393-451.
5. Fyler DC. Single Ventricle. In: Nadas' Pediatric Cardiology. Hanley & Belfus, Inc. 1992. p. 649-657.
6. Gentles TL, Mayer JE Jr, Gauvreau K, Newburger JW, Lock JE, Kupferschmid JP, Burnett JA, Jonas RA, Castaneda AC, Wernovsky G. Fontan operation in five hundred consecutive patients: factors influencing early and late outcome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997;114: 376-391.
7. Koutlas TC, Gaynor JW, Nicolson SC, Steven JM, Wernovsky G, Spray TL. Modified ultrafiltration reduces postoperative morbidity after cavopulmonary connection. Ann Thorac Surg 1997;64: 37-43.
8. Bayer LM, Robinson SJ. Growth history of children with congenital heart defects. Am J Dis Child 1969;117: 564-572.
9. Ehlers KH. Growth failure in association with congenital heart disease. Pediatr Ann 1978;7: 750-759.
10. Levy RJ, Rosenthal A, Castenada AR. Growth after surgical repair of simple D-transposition of the great arteries. Ann Thorac Surg 1978;25: 225-230.
11. Mehrizi A, Drash A. Growth disturbance in congenital heart disease. J Pediatr 1962;61: 418-429.
12. Krieger I. Growth failure and congenital heart disease. Am J Dis Child 1970;120: 497-502.
13. Sholler GF, Celermajer JM. Cardiac surgery in the first year of life: the effect on weight gains of infants with congenital heart disease. Aust Paediatr J 1986;22: 305-308.
14. Levy RJ, Rosenthal A, Miettinen OS, Nadas AS. Determinants of growth in patients with ventricular septal defect. Circulation 1978;57: 793-797.
15. Feldt RH, Strickler GB, Weidman WH. Growth of children with congenital heart disease. Am J Dis Child 1969;117-573-579.
16. Fontan F, Baudet E. Surgical repair of tricuspid atresia. Thorax 1971;26: 240-248.
17. Rhee EK, Evangelista JK, Nigrin DJ, Erickson LC. The impact of isolated secundum atrial septal defect closure on growth in undersized children. J Am Coll Cardiol 1999;33: 524A [abstract].
18. Weintraub RG, Menahem S. Early surgical closure of a large ventricular septal defect: influence on long-term growth. J Am Coll Cardiol 1991;18: 552-558.
19. Page RE, Deverall PB, Watson DA, Scott O. Height and weight after total correction of Fallot's tetralogy. Br Heart J 1989;40: 416-420.