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Birth weight of children with congenital heart disease

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Birth weights of 843 children with congenital heart disease (CHD) were compared to the respective data of a normal West German population. On average, the CHD group had significantly lower birth weights, but the weight deficit was far less pronounced than in previous studies. The decrease in birth weight was distinct only in children with tetralogy of Fallot and atrial septal defect. Compared to normal newborns, patients with CHD were more often small for gestational age (15.0%) or had a low (<2500 g) birth weight (8.6%). The prevalence of prematurity was not increased. Extracardiac malformations were not significantly more common in CHD patients, who were small for gestational age, than in CHD patients with normal birth weight.

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Abbreviations

AGA:

appropriate for gestational age

ASD II:

atrial septal defect (secundum type)

CHD:

congenital heart defect

D-TGA:

D-transposition of the great arteries

ECM:

extracardiac malformations

IUGR:

intrauterine growth retardation

LBW:

low birth weight

LGA:

large for gestational age

PDA:

persistent ductus arteriosus

SD:

standar deviation

SGA:

small for gestational age

ToF:

tetralogy of Fallot

VSD:

Ventricular septal defect

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Kramer, H.H., Trampisch, H.J., Rammos, S. et al. Birth weight of children with congenital heart disease. Eur J Pediatr 149, 752–757 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01957272

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