The aim of our study is to compare plasma metanephrines in patients with cyanotic and acyanotic congenital heart disease and possible association with chronic hypoxic stress.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
50
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ljubljana, Slovenia
RECRUITINGPlasma metanephrine level
Level of plasma metanephrine
Time frame: baseline, one point of time in a cross-sectional study
Plasma normetanephrine level
Level of plasma normetanephrine
Time frame: baseline, one point of time in a cross-sectional study
Hypoxemia
Length of hypoxemia presence in years
Time frame: baseline, one point of time in a cross-sectional study
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