Key result
Surgical advances in complex CHD increase survival, shifting focus to neurodevelopmental morbidity and parental stress.
Why the study?
With increased survival into adulthood among children with complex congenital heart disease, there is an increased focus on associated neurodevelopmental morbidity and parental stress.
Highlights the importance of neurodevelopmental follow-up and addressing parental stress in children surviving complex congenital heart disease.
Supports neurodevelopmental monitoring and parental stress assessment in survivors; leaves open optimal intervention strategies.
With advances in surgical procedures and treatment, most children with even the most complex congenital heart disease (CHD) are now surviving into adulthood.1 As a result, there is now an increased focus on the associated neurodevelopmental morbidity resulting from a not yet fully understood interplay between clinical, genetic, and sociodemographic risk factors.2-4 Parental stress in families of children with CHD can impact their own wellbeing, the family environment, and subsequent development of the child.
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Eagleson et al. (2022) conducted a review in Congenital heart disease (CHD). Advances in surgical procedures have increased survival in children with complex congenital heart disease, leading to a greater focus on associated neurodevelopmental morbidity and parental stress.
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