heart defects

ongenital heart defects (CHD) are often associated with malnutrition and failure to thrive,1 the prevalence being as high as 64 % in developed countries of the world.2 The problem is more severe in the developing regions, where malnutrition is common even in otherwise normal children.3,4 We assessed malnutrition using anthropometric measurements in children with CHD in a hospital-based population of the Arabian Peninsula in order to ascertain the prevalence of malnutrition among these children. C Malnutrition in children with congenita