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Abstract Background Malnourished children endure many changes in body composition and lose heart and skeletal muscle mass. Diastolic dysfunction is one of the major causes of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Aim To assess left ventricular systolic and diastolic functions in children with severe acute malnutrition using tissue Doppler imaging technique and to evaluate the effect of nutritional rehabilitation. Patients and Methods A follow-up case-control study conducted on 60 severely malnourished children (WHZ -2SD) to detect any changes in systolic or diastolic functions. Results Systolic function was normal in malnourished children and control. Grade I diastolic dysfunction was detected in 40% and grade II in 30% of severely malnourished children in comparison to 100% normal diastolic function in control group. No correlations between diastolic dysfunction and either anthropometric measurements, electrolyte disturbances or Hb% in malnourished children before nutritional rehabilitation. Mortality from sepsis with associated ventricular dysfunction grade II documented in 3.3% of malnourished children. After nutritional rehabilitation diastolic function improved sig
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- Author
- Bebars, Gihan M. ;Askalany, Hany T.
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)