Yumi Shiina1, Tomoaki Murakami2, Noriko Matsumoto3, Daisuke Okamura4, Yuta Takahashi4, Yosuke Nishihata1, Nobuyuki Komiyama1, Koichiro Niwa1
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.13, No.1, pp. 79-84, 2018, DOI:10.1111/chd.12555
Abstract Objectives: To assess body composition and relationships among body composition, appetiterelated hormones, adipocytokines, and heart failure (HF) in adult patients with congenital heart disease (CHD).
Patients: This prospective study enrolled 46 consecutive adult patients with CHD and 12 agematched healthy controls. The patients and control subjects were divided into four groups: 13
patients with Fontan circulation (group A), 16 patients with cyanosis (group B), 17 patients who
previously underwent biventricular repair (group C), and 12 age-matched healthy controls.
Design: Body composition was measured using InBody730, and levels of appetite-related hormones (ghrelin and leptin) and adipocytokines (leptin, interleukin-6, and… More >