Longitudinal assessment of cardiac function in extremely low birth weight children at 7 and 11 years of age: implications for adult medicine

CONCLUSIONS: The ELBW children had smaller hearts than full-term controls at both 7 and 11 years of age. The FS and EF were elevated in the group of 11-year-old ELBW children. We observed comparable progress in cardiac growth (approximately 20%) in premature and full-term children over a 4-year study period.PMID:34125927 | DOI:10.33963/KP.15916

Source: Polish Heart Journal - June 14, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Andrzej Grudzie ń Mateusz Jag ła Ma łgorzata Klimek Anna Knapp Przemko Kwinta Source Type: research