title: [Atrial natriuretic factor in congenital heart defects in infants].
abstract: The authors examined the level of the atrio-natriuretic factor (ANF) in 7 infants with inborn heart disease at the age of 3 weeks to 5.5 months. As controls they examined 9 convalescent infants aged 1-10 months. Congenital heart disease was confirmed by clinical methods (ECG and X-ray) and echocardiographically (one-dimensional, two-dimensional and pulsed Doppler echocardiography, 5MHz probe, Kontron Co.). Although a small group is involved, elevated ANF values were recorded in infants with inborn heart disease, as compared with controls.
authors.affiliation: IV. Detská klinika IVZ pri Detskej nemocnici, Kosice.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cekovský
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lazúrová
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Herichová
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fedorová
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Machánová
mesh_terms: D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor