Long-term outcomes in children with absent pulmonary valve syndrome: it is not just fixing the heart.
Katalin TorokElizabeth BrettleTarak DesaiPaul MillerNatasha KhanJohn StickeyAnna SealePublished in: Archives of disease in childhood (2021)
Majority of patients with APV are diagnosed antenatally. A third of those operated required LTV and over half had learning and/or other physical difficulties. Prospective studies are needed to identify prenatal factors that predict postnatal outcomes so parents can be counselled appropriately.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- pulmonary hypertension
- mitral valve
- pregnant women
- physical activity
- young adults
- preterm infants
- heart failure
- aortic stenosis
- case report
- case control
- atrial fibrillation
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- metabolic syndrome
- left ventricular
- skeletal muscle
- insulin resistance
- coronary artery disease
- glycemic control