Growth assessment in down syndrome after cardiac surgery

• Main Authors: Bana Agha Nasser (Author), Mesned Abdulrahman (Author), Abdullah A. L. Qwaee (Author), Ali Alakhfash (Author), Tageldein Mohamad (Author), Mohamed S. Kabbani (Author), Usama Alseedi (Author), Baraa Obedien (Author), Abdulaziz Chrit (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective To assess the effect of cardiac surgery on growth catch-up of Down syndrome (DS) children with failure to thrive (FTT) and congenital heart disease (CHD) and investigate other causes of FTT in DS children. Method We conducted a retrospective observational study in tertiary cardiac...