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Body mass index and age are associated with ventricular end-diastolic pressure in adults with a Fontan circulation.

Mary HowellWilliam E AndersonJorge AlegriaJoseph PaolilloMatthew C Schwartz
Published in: Cardiology in the young (2021)
In a cohort of adult patients with Fontan circulation undergoing catheterisation, end-diastolic pressure was positively associated with age ≥ 25 years and body mass index on multivariate analysis. Maintaining a healthy body mass index may offer haemodynamic benefit in adults with Fontan physiology.
Keyphrases
  • body mass index
  • left ventricular
  • blood pressure
  • weight gain
  • physical activity
  • heart failure
  • ejection fraction