The present study comprised 29 adolescents and young adults (15 females, 14 males; aged 14.1-23.9 years) with congenital heart disease (CHD) and focused on the interaction between the biomechanical system and CHD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMuscles and bones of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) are subject to various potentially deleterious influences during growth. The aim of the present study was to analyse the outcome of bone and muscle parameters in adolescents and young adults with a spectrum of CHD. Bone and muscle parameters of the forearm were examined at two standard sites, 4% and 65%, in 29 adolescents and young adults with CHD, aged 14-24 years, by quantitative computed tomography.
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