Executive functioning of patients with congenital heart disease: 45 years after surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nowadays, more than 90% of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) reach adulthood. However, long-term impact on neurodevelopment and executive functioning in adults with CHD are not completely understood.

Purpose

To investigate the self- and informant-reported executive functioning in adults with CHD operated in childhood.

Material and methods

Longitudinal study of a cohort of patients (n = 194, median age: 49.9 [46.1-53.8]) who were operated in childhood (< 15 years old) between 1968 and 1980 (median follow-up time: 45 [40-53] years) for one of the following diagnoses: atrial septal defect (ASD), ventricular septal defect (VSD), pulmonary stenosis (PS), tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) or transposition of the great arteries (TGA). Behavior Rating Inventory

SUBMITTER: Pelosi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10562274 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature