From Neonatal History to Adult Cardiovascular Risk: Preterm Birth as a Lifelong Risk Enhancer
Mohamedanas Mohamedfaruk Patni, Malek Nasrallah, Dana Ja’afer Al Tarawneh, Mohamed El-Tanani, Khalid Ahmed Ibrahim, Abdullah Mohamad Hajjo, Mhd Munzer Zaher Hussin Alali, Ibrahim Alabid, Wasim Iyad Alghoul, Sakina Abdeali Sehrawala, Imran Rangraze, Ramya Kundayi Ravi · 2026
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Description
Mohamedanas Patni and co-authors argue that a birth certificate belongs in the cardiology chart: being born early shadows the heart for life. Survival of very preterm babies has soared, creating the first large generations of preterm-born adults. Their hearts and vessels, built under emergency conditions, show lasting structural and functional differences.
This narrative review gathers cohort, sibling, imaging, exercise, and genetic evidence tying preterm birth to later cardiovascular risk, then proposes a practical framework for using birth history in prevention. Risk scores ignore the first chapter of a patient's story. Adding it could move screening and counseling earlier for millions who carry an invisible head start toward disease.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mohamedanas Mohamedfaruk Patni, Malek Nasrallah, Dana Ja’afer Al Tarawneh, Mohamed El-Tanani, Khalid Ahmed Ibrahim, Abdullah Mohamad Hajjo, Mhd Munzer Zaher Hussin Alali, Ibrahim Alabid, Wasim Iyad Alghoul, Sakina Abdeali Sehrawala, Imran Rangraze, Ramya Kundayi Ravi |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 56 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |