Anna‐Luisa Häcker1,2, Renate Oberhoffer1,2, Alfred Hager1, Peter Ewert1, Jan Müller1,2
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.6, pp. 945-951, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12845
Abstract Aims: Age‐related cardiovascular diseases are a relevant risk in the aging population
of adults with congenital heart diseases (ACHD). Risk factors such as the metabolic
syndrome (MetS) impact the risk of increased carotid intima‐media thickness (cIMT)
and thereby long‐term cardiovascular diseases. The aim of the study was to assess
MetS in ACHD and outline a possible association to cIMT.
Methods and Results: In total, 512 ACHD (43.0 ± 9.6 years, 48.9% female) were
screened for MetS by the standards of the International Diabetes Federation, and
their cIMT by ultrasound from January 2017 to June 2019. MetS was prevalent in
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