Lifetime monitoring after infant cardiac surgery may reduce adult hypertension risk
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8 April 2021Lifetime monitoring after infant cardiac surgery may reduce adult hypertension risk
In a medical records study covering thousands of children, a U.S.-Canadian team led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine concludes that while surgery to correct congenital heart disease (CHD) within 10 years after birth may restore young hearts to healthy function, it also may be associated with an increased risk of hypertension—high blood pressure—within a few months or years after surgery.
