Microcephaly is associated with impaired educational development in children with congenital heart disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to evaluate the school careers of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) and microcephaly.

Methods

An exploratory online survey was conducted on patients from a previous study on somatic development in children with CHD in 2018 (n = 2818). A total of 750 patients participated in the online survey (26.6%). This publication focuses on 91 patients (12.1%) diagnosed with CHD and microcephaly who participated in the new online survey.

Results

Microcephaly was significantly associated with CHD severity (p < 0.001). Microcephalic patients suffered from psychiatric comorbidity two times as often (67.0%) as non-microcephalic patients (29.8%). In particular, the percentage of patients with developmental delay, intellectual debility

SUBMITTER: Pfitzer C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9584804 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature