biostudies-literatureRaj MIndian Council of Medical Researche002943https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11784172biostudies-literatureUnknown9(1)<h4>Background</h4>Neurodevelopmental disability is a common long-term concern following surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD). Little information is available from low-resource environments where the majority of children with CHD are born. Several challenges in the CHD care continuum exist in such environments.<h4>Methods</h4>We followed 1346 infants who were operated for CHD using cardiopulmonary bypass from five paediatric cardiac programmes across India. The neurodevelopmental assessment was done using the Developmental Assessment Scale for Indian Infants (DASII) at 6 months after surgery.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 1145 (94.8%) infants were alive at 6 months and 127 (11.1%) were lost to follow-up. The mean age of participants at baseline was 5.2 (3.6) months. The mean motor develoBMJ paediatrics openNeurodevelopmental outcomes after infant heart surgery for congenital heart disease: a hospital-based multicentre prospective cohort study from India.PMC1178417250/6/TF-CVD/RK/2019-NCD-1Jain SDas SSudhakar ARadhakrishnan ANaik SChattopadhyay ASharma MPragya PSastry UMKGupta SKShivashankar RPatil SRaj MParveen SKumar RKSudevan RfalseNeurodevelopmental outcomes after infant heart surgery for congenital heart disease: a hospital-based multicentre prospective cohort study from India.<h4>Background</h4>Neurodevelopmental disability is a common long-term concern following surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD). Little information is available from low-resource environments where the majority of children with CHD are born. Several challenges in the CHD care continuum exist in such environments.<h4>Methods</h4>We followed 1346 infants who were operated for CHD using cardiopulmonary bypass from five paediatric cardiac programmes across India. The neurodevelopmental assessment was done using the Developmental Assessment Scale for Indian Infants (DASII) at 6 months after surgery.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 1145 (94.8%) infants were alive at 6 months and 127 (11.1%) were lost to follow-up. The mean age of participants at baseline was 5.2 (3.6) months. The mean motor develo2025-01-01T00:00:00Z2025 Jan2025-04-25T18:51:33.632Z2025-04-06T07:45:07.17ZS-EPMC117841723984286410.1136/bmjpo-2024-002943