title: Exercise in children with common congenital heart lesions: balancing benefits with risks.
abstract: Children with corrected common congenital heart lesions are often withheld from regular exercise by their parents. While there are some modest risks with exercise, they should be seen in perspective, and the life-long benefits of regular exercise on general health, mood and well-being should be emphasised.
authors.affiliation: Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Halliday
authors.forename: Hiran
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Selvadurai
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sherwood
authors.forename: Dominic A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D015444:Exercise; D005080:Exercise Test; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D012306:Risk
keywords: ASD; VSD; exercise testing; outcome measure; tetralogy of Fallot