Infants with congenital heart disease (CHD)
are prone to malnutrition for several reasons
including decreased energy intake, increased
energy requirements, or both.1 The severity of
malnutrition can range from mild undernutrition
to failure to thrive. This can have a notable
eVect on the outcome of surgery, increasing
morbidity and mortality. DiVerent types of cardiac
malformations can aVect nutrition and
growth to varying degrees. We investigated the
eVect of several types of cardiac malformations
on nutrition and growth, and reviewed the literature
in this respect. The separate eVects of
hypoxia and pulmonary hypertension on nutrition
and growth of children have been investigated
widely in several studies, but to our
knowledge there are not enough data on
patients with both cyanosis and pulmonary
hypertension