Natasha G. Boyes1, Michael K. Stickland2, Stephanie Fusnik1, Elizabeth Hogeweide1, Josie T.J. Fries1, Mark J. Haykowsky3, Chantelle L. Baril1, Shonah Runalls1, Ashok Kakadekar4, Scott Pharis4, Charissa Pockett4, Timothy J. Bradley4, Kristi D. Wright5, Marta Erlandson1, Corey R. Tomczak1
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.13, No.4, pp. 578-583, 2018, DOI:10.1111/chd.12614
Abstract Children with congenital heart disease are at risk for developing increased arterial stiffness and this
may be modulated by physical activity.
Objective: To compare arterial stiffness in high- and low-physically active children with congenital
heart disease and healthy age- and sex-matched controls.
Patients: Seventeen children with congenital heart disease (12 ± 2 years; females = 9), grouped by
low- and high-physical activity levels from accelerometry step count values, and 20 matched controls (11 ± 3 years; females = 9) were studied.
Outcome Measures: Carotid-radial pulse wave velocity was assessed with applanation tonometry
to determine arterial stiffness. Body composition and 6-min… More >
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