Background and Objectives: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the causes of malnutrition and growth retardation. Here we studied growth disturbance in different type of CHD. Materials and Methods: In this case-control study, 400 children with CHD (from 3 months to 16 years old age) were selected. Patients were divided into four groups: 1.acyanotic without pulmonary hypertension (PHT), 2. ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the serum levels of leptin, ghrelin and tumour necrosis factor-alpha in children with cyanotic and acyanotic congenital heart disease. METHODS The prospective cohort study, was conducted at imam Ali Hospital, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Iran, in 2009-10 and comprised 64 subjects, including patients and controls. Using enzyme-linked immunosorpent assay kits...

BACKGROUND Dilated coronary arteries, coronary blood flow, and the paucity of coronary atherosclerosis have not been studied in cyanotic congenital heart disease. METHODS Coronary arteriograms were interpreted in 59 cyanotic adults, and dilated coronaries were examined histologically in 6. Coronary blood flow was determined with N-13 ammonia positron emission tomography in 14 Eisenmenger synd...

In neonates, aneurysm of the vein of Galen often masquerades as cyanotic congenital heart disease. We report 4 cases of neonates presenting with malformation of the vein of Galen at our insititution. An increased awareness of this entity seems warranted.