Journal article
A Cross-Sectional Study of the Prevalence of Exercise-Induced Hypertension in Childhood Following Repair of Coarctation of the Aorta
TL Luitingh, MGY Lee, B Jones, R Kowalski, S Weskamp Aguero, J Koleff, D Zannino, MMH Cheung, Y d'Udekem
Heart Lung and Circulation | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC | Published : 2019
Abstract
Background: Exercise-testing may be a more tolerable method of detecting hypertension in children after coarctation repair compared to gold-standard 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring (ABPM). This study aims to determine the prevalence of exercise-induced hypertension and end-organ damage in children after coarctation repair, and the effectiveness of exercise-testing compared to 24-hour ABPM in this population. Methods: Exercise-testing (Bruce protocol), transthoracic echocardiogram, 24-hour ABPM, and pulse wave velocity were performed in 41 patients aged 8 to 18 years with previous coarctation repair. Median age at repair was 13 days. Exercise-testing data were compared to he..
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Awarded by Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Funding Acknowledgements
This research project was supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program and a HeartKids Grant-in-Aid research grant. Melissa Lee was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Medical Research Postgraduate Scholarship (1134274) and a National Heart Foundation Health Professional Scholarship supported by The Noel and Imelda Foster Research Award (100681). Yves d'Udekem is a NHMRC Clinician Practitioner Fellow (1082186).