Brain Function in Children With Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)

Bea Latal

Status: Completed

Conditions: Congenital Heart Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02814539

BF_CHD_1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to determine whether the neurodevelopmental outcome and in particular executive functions in 9 to 14 year old school children with congenital heart disease who underwent cardiopulmonary bypass surgery during their first three months of life is impaired in comparison to healthy children at same age. Executive functions are higher order cognitive functions and critical for school success.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9 to 14 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Congenital heart disease,
• Cardiopulmonary bypass surgery during first three months of life,
• No genetic syndrome,
• Gestational age > 37 weeks of gestation.

Exclusion criteria

• Heart surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass,
• Heart surgery not within first three months of life,
• Born <37 weeks of gestation,
• Any genetic syndrome detected.

Trial design

50 participants in 2 patient groups

congenital heart disease

Description:

children with severe congenital heart disease who undergo open heart surgery during infancy

healthy controls