Background and aims: PTB and CHD are the two main causes of mortality, morbidity and disability of perinatal origin. There are little population-based data on the relation between CHD and PTB.

We studied patterns of head and somatic growth (height-ht, weight-wt and head circumference-OFC) in 30 infants with CHD. Infants referred in the first 3 mos of life for CHD requiring chronic ...