The relationship between serum ghrelin and cardiac geometry structure in children with left-to-right shunt CHD and its clinical significance

The levels of serum ghrelin are increased in CHD children, and serum ghrelin is negatively correlated with left ventricular end-diastolic diameter and left ventricular end-diastolic volume in cardiac geometric structure, and positively correlated with left ventricular remodelling index. Additionally, patients with cardiac enlargement present with a low serum ghrelin level. These findings collectively suggest that serum ghrelin may play a potential role in cardiac remodelling.