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March 1978, Vol 132, No. 3 >
Article | March 1978

Birthweight of Infants With Congenital Heart Disease FREE

Robert J. Levy, MD; Amnon Rosenthal, MD; Donald C. Fyler, MD; Alexander S. Nadas, MD
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Am J Dis Child. 1978;132(3):249-254. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1978.02120280033007.
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• A subnormal birth weight distribution was noted in a population of infants seen during the first year of life for major congenital heart disease (CHD). When arranged according to cardiac diagnostic categories, 17 of the 21 major cardiac lesions were associated with subnormal birth weight distribution. Major extra-cardiac anomalies present in 19.9% of all infants appeared not to influence the birth weight distributions of either the total population or 19 of 21 cardiac lesion categories. An increased incidence (6.1%) of small-for-dates infants was observed in the study population. Extra-cardiac anomalies occurred in 28% of the small-for-dates infants. Survival to 1 year of age was 42.8% for the total population with CHD and 49.2% in the small-for-dates group.

(Am J Dis Child 132:249-254, 1978)

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Babson SG:  Growth of low birthweight infants . J Pediatr 77:11-18, 1970;.
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Fitzhardinge PM, Steven EM:  The small for date infant: II. Neurologic and intellectual sequelae . Pediatrics 50:50-57, 1972;.
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Rosenthal A, Castaneda AR:  Growth and development after cardiovascular surgery in infants and children . Prog Cardiovas Dis 18:27-37, 1975;.
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Fyler DC, Parisi L, Berman MA:  The regionalization of infant cardiac care in New England . Cardiovasc Clin 4:339-356, 1972;.
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Babson SG, Behrman RE, Lessel R:  Liveborn birth weights for gestational age of white middle class infants . Pediatrics 45:937-944, 1970;.
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Lerner WE (ed): The Statistical Abstract of the United States . Washington: US Government Printing Office, 1974;, pp 29, 387.
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Usher R, McLean F:  Intrauterine growth of liveborn caucasian infants at sea level: Standards obtained from measurements in 7 dimensions of infants born between 25 and 44 weeks of gestation . J Pediatr 74:901-910, 1969;.
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Greenwood RD, Rosenthal A, Parisi L, et al:  Extracardiac abnormalities in infants with congenital heart disease . Pediatr 55:485-491, 1975;.
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Naeye RL:  Urban poverty: Effects on prenatal malnutrition . Science 166:1026, 1969;.
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Miller HC, Hasseinein K:  Fetal malnutrition in white newborn infants . Pediatrics 52:504-512, 1973;.
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Reynolds JL:  Intrauterine growth retardation in children with congenital heart disease in relation to aortic stenosis , in Bergsma D (ed): Birth Defects Original Article Series , VIII. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins Co, 1972;, p 143.
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Carlgren LE:  The incidence of congenital heart disease in Gothenberg . Proc Assoc Eur Paedr Card 5:2-16, 1969;.
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Levin DL, Stanger P, Kitterman JA, et al:  Congenital heart disease in low birth weight infants . Circulation 52:500-503, 1975;.
Link to Article
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Naeye RL:  Transposition of the great arteries and prenatal growth . Arch Pathol 82:412-418, 1966;.
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Mehrizi A, Drash A:  Birth weight of infants with cyanotic and acyanotic congenital malformations of the heart . J Pediatr 59:715-718, 1961;.
Link to Article
17 +
Naeye RL:  Anatomic features of growth failure in congenital heart disease . Pediatrics 39:433-440, 1967;.
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Usher R, McLean F:  Normal fetal growth and the significance of fetal growth retardation , in Davis NA Dobbin J (eds): Scientific Foundation of Paediatrics . Philadelphia: WB Saunders Co, 1974;, p 76.
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Usher RH:  Clinical and therapeutic aspects of fetal malnutrition . Ped Clin North Am 17:169-183, 1970;.
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Rudolph A: Congenital Diseases of the Heart . Chicago, Year Book Medical Publisher Inc, 1974;, p 13.
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Friedman WH:  The intrinsic properties of the developing heart . Prog Cardiovasc Dis 15:87-111, 1972;.
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Turner G, Collins E:  Fetal effects of regular salicylate ingestion in pregnancy . Lancet 2:338-339, 1975;.
Link to Article
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Jones KL, Smith DW:  Recognition of the fetal alcohol syndrome in early infancy . Lancet 2:999-1003, 1973;.
Link to Article

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References

1 +
Van Den Berg BJ, Yerushalmy J:  The relationship of the rate of intra-uterine growth of infants of low birthweight to mortality, morbidity and congenital anomalies . J Pediatr 69:531-545, 1966;.
Link to Article
2 +
Babson SG:  Growth of low birthweight infants . J Pediatr 77:11-18, 1970;.
Link to Article
3 +
Fitzhardinge PM, Steven EM:  The small for date infant: II. Neurologic and intellectual sequelae . Pediatrics 50:50-57, 1972;.
4 +
Rosenthal A, Castaneda AR:  Growth and development after cardiovascular surgery in infants and children . Prog Cardiovas Dis 18:27-37, 1975;.
Link to Article
5 +
Fyler DC, Parisi L, Berman MA:  The regionalization of infant cardiac care in New England . Cardiovasc Clin 4:339-356, 1972;.
6 +
Babson SG, Behrman RE, Lessel R:  Liveborn birth weights for gestational age of white middle class infants . Pediatrics 45:937-944, 1970;.
7 +
Lerner WE (ed): The Statistical Abstract of the United States . Washington: US Government Printing Office, 1974;, pp 29, 387.
8 +
Usher R, McLean F:  Intrauterine growth of liveborn caucasian infants at sea level: Standards obtained from measurements in 7 dimensions of infants born between 25 and 44 weeks of gestation . J Pediatr 74:901-910, 1969;.
Link to Article
9 +
Greenwood RD, Rosenthal A, Parisi L, et al:  Extracardiac abnormalities in infants with congenital heart disease . Pediatr 55:485-491, 1975;.
10 +
Naeye RL:  Urban poverty: Effects on prenatal malnutrition . Science 166:1026, 1969;.
Link to Article
11 +
Miller HC, Hasseinein K:  Fetal malnutrition in white newborn infants . Pediatrics 52:504-512, 1973;.
12 +
Reynolds JL:  Intrauterine growth retardation in children with congenital heart disease in relation to aortic stenosis , in Bergsma D (ed): Birth Defects Original Article Series , VIII. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins Co, 1972;, p 143.
13 +
Carlgren LE:  The incidence of congenital heart disease in Gothenberg . Proc Assoc Eur Paedr Card 5:2-16, 1969;.
14 +
Levin DL, Stanger P, Kitterman JA, et al:  Congenital heart disease in low birth weight infants . Circulation 52:500-503, 1975;.
Link to Article
15 +
Naeye RL:  Transposition of the great arteries and prenatal growth . Arch Pathol 82:412-418, 1966;.
16 +
Mehrizi A, Drash A:  Birth weight of infants with cyanotic and acyanotic congenital malformations of the heart . J Pediatr 59:715-718, 1961;.
Link to Article
17 +
Naeye RL:  Anatomic features of growth failure in congenital heart disease . Pediatrics 39:433-440, 1967;.
18 +
Usher R, McLean F:  Normal fetal growth and the significance of fetal growth retardation , in Davis NA Dobbin J (eds): Scientific Foundation of Paediatrics . Philadelphia: WB Saunders Co, 1974;, p 76.
19 +
Usher RH:  Clinical and therapeutic aspects of fetal malnutrition . Ped Clin North Am 17:169-183, 1970;.
20 +
Rudolph A: Congenital Diseases of the Heart . Chicago, Year Book Medical Publisher Inc, 1974;, p 13.
21 +
Friedman WH:  The intrinsic properties of the developing heart . Prog Cardiovasc Dis 15:87-111, 1972;.
Link to Article
22 +
Turner G, Collins E:  Fetal effects of regular salicylate ingestion in pregnancy . Lancet 2:338-339, 1975;.
Link to Article
23 +
Jones KL, Smith DW:  Recognition of the fetal alcohol syndrome in early infancy . Lancet 2:999-1003, 1973;.
Link to Article

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