Clinical Profile and Outcomes of Children With Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Surgery at a Tertiary Care Cardiac Center in Central Gujarat and Their Anthropometric Profiles During Follow-Up: A Prospective Longitudinal Observational Study
Naresh D Dhedhi, Vishal V Bhende, Rahul Tandon, Ridham K Nimavat, Amit Kumar, Krutika Tandon, Alexander Muacevic, John R Adler · 2026
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Naresh D Dhedhi leads a team describing children who had surgery for heart defects at a semi urban cardiac center in central Gujarat, India. Prospective records covered 45 children during 2023, from babies to teens. Repeat chest infections were the most common complaint on arrival. Closing a hole between the heart's lower chambers was the most frequent operation, followed by repair of a four part defect and closure of an upper chamber hole.
Six children died in hospital, all of them boys, a pattern the authors treat as tentative given the small counts. Among 39 survivors weighed again at six to twelve weeks, weight and body mass edged up slightly while height barely moved. The team warns against reading this as lasting catch up growth.
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| CREATOR | Naresh D Dhedhi, Vishal V Bhende, Rahul Tandon, Ridham K Nimavat, Amit Kumar, Krutika Tandon, Alexander Muacevic, John R Adler |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20 KB |
| LICENSE | This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 4.0., which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provide |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |