Smaller Left Ventricular Size But Preserved Function in Adolescents and Adults Born Preterm.
Gregory P BartonAlvin ChandraNataly Sanchez-SolanoJarett D BerryKara N GossPublished in: Journal of the American Heart Association (2024)
Adolescents and adults born preterm exhibit overall normal cardiac function despite smaller cardiac volumes and mass compared with individuals born full term. Effects are most pronounced at the lowest gestational ages.
Keyphrases
- gestational age
- birth weight
- low birth weight
- left ventricular
- preterm infants
- preterm birth
- young adults
- physical activity
- heart failure
- pregnant women
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- acute myocardial infarction
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- left atrial
- aortic stenosis
- acute coronary syndrome
- body mass index
- coronary artery disease
- aortic valve
- pregnancy outcomes
- ejection fraction