Stress Markers, Executive Functioning, and Resilience Among Early Adolescents With Complex Congenital Heart Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Infants with complex congenital heart disease (cCHD) may experience prolonged and severe stress when undergoing open heart surgery. However, little is known about long-term stress and its role in neurodevelopmental impairments in this population.

Objective

To investigate potential differences between early adolescents aged 10 to 15 years with cCHD and healthy controls in physiological stress markers by hair analysis, executive function (EF) performance, and resilience.

Design, setting, and participants

This single-center, population-based case-control study was conducted at the University Children's Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. Patients with different types of cCHD who underwent cardiopulmonary bypass surgery during the first year of life and who did not h

SUBMITTER: von Werdt L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10858402 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature