Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia
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Arq. Bras. Cardiol. · Nov 1995
[Nutritional status of children with congenital heart disease and left-to-right shunt. The importance of the presence of pulmonary hypertension].
To assess the nutritional status of children with congenital heart disease with left-to-right shunt and the nutritional disturbances related to the presence of pulmonary hypertension (PH). ⋯ The prevalence of malnutrition was high. The presence of PH was associated with higher nutritional disturbance. The nutritional assessment may be a good way to identify diagnostic groups at particular risk of failure to thrive. This can be useful in planning a management which ensures these patients to achieve adequate nutritional supplementation in early life.