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Lead
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Age
8–18
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
SUBJECT/CASE POPULATION herein referred to as Subjects:
Children and adolescents between the ages of 8.0-17.50 years
Subjects must be diagnosed with one of the following heart conditions:
* Subjects with single ventricle physiology and Fontan surgery completion at least 6 months prior to study enrollment
* Subjects with diagnosis of heart failure by a cardiologist
* Subjects with a diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension, confirmed by cardiac catheterization, requiring use of at least 1 pulmonary vasodilator or oxygen for their pulmonary hypertension
CONTROL POPULATION herein referred to as Controls:
Healthy children and adolescents between the ages of 8.0-17.50 years
You may not be if
BOTH SUBJECT/CASE POPULATION AND CONTROL POPULATION:
Subjects or controls with known severe neurological or respiratory diseases, eating disorders (such as anorexia, bulimia) or physical limitations (wheelchair bound) which may impact their ability to perform study procedures in the opinion of the provider.
Subjects or controls with tracheostomy and ventilator dependency
Subjects or controls with unstable angina/ myocardial infarction in the last 4 weeks
Subjects or controls who are unable to perform 6 continuous minutes of walking, hand-grip dynamometry, or complete questionnaire measures as described.
SUBJECT/ CASE POPULATION:
Subjects with heart transplantation within the past 1 year
Subject will be excluded if the cardiologist feels that the study is not appropriate for the subject.
CONTROL POPULATION:
Controls with any known chronic medical condition requiring some medication over the past 30 days.
Controls on any chronic prescription medicines for \> 30 days
