Evaluation and management of the child and adult with Fontan circulation: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

J Rychik, AM Atz, DS Celermajer, BJ Deal… - Circulation, 2019‏ - ahajournals.org
It has been 50 years since Francis Fontan pioneered the operation that today bears his
name. Initially designed for patients with tricuspid atresia, this procedure is now offered for a …

Neurodevelopmental outcomes for individuals with congenital heart disease: updates in neuroprotection, risk-stratification, evaluation, and management: a scientific …

E Sood, JW Newburger, JS Anixt, AR Cassidy… - Circulation, 2024‏ - ahajournals.org
Over the past decade, new research has advanced scientific knowledge of
neurodevelopmental trajectories, factors that increase neurodevelopmental risk, and …

Fetal brain volume predicts neurodevelopment in congenital heart disease

A Sadhwani, D Wypij, V Rofeberg, A Gholipour… - Circulation, 2022‏ - ahajournals.org
Background: Neurodevelopmental impairment is common in children with congenital heart
disease (CHD), but postnatal variables explain only 30% of the variance in outcomes. To …

White matter injury in the preterm infant: pathology and mechanisms

SA Back - Acta neuropathologica, 2017‏ - Springer
The human preterm brain is particularly susceptible to cerebral white matter injury (WMI) that
disrupts the normal progression of developmental myelination. Advances in the care of …

Brain in congenital heart disease across the lifespan: the cumulative burden of injury

A Marelli, SP Miller, BS Marino, AL Jefferson… - Circulation, 2016‏ - ahajournals.org
The number of patients surviving with congenital heart disease (CHD) has soared over the
last 3 decades. Adults constitute the fastest-growing segment of the CHD population, now …

Trends in congenital heart disease: the next decade

JK Triedman, JW Newburger - Circulation, 2016‏ - ahajournals.org
Triedman and Newburger Trends in Congenital Heart Disease 2717 validating these
extraordinary procedural and technical innovations has been described and communicated …

Neurodevelopmental outcomes in children with congenital heart disease—what can we impact?

G Wernovsky, DJ Licht - Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2016‏ - journals.lww.com
Objectives: The objectives of this review are to discuss the scope of neurologic injuries in
newborns with congenital heart disease, the mechanisms of injury, including prenatal, pre …

Exploring early human brain development with structural and physiological neuroimaging

L Vasung, EA Turk, SL Ferradal, J Sutin, JN Stout… - Neuroimage, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Early brain development, from the embryonic period to infancy, is characterized by rapid
structural and functional changes. These changes can be studied using structural and …

Fetal brain development in congenital heart disease

S Peyvandi, C Rollins - Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Neurodevelopmental impairments are the most common extracardiac morbidities among
patients with complex congenital heart disease (CHD) across the lifespan. Robust clinical …

Neurodevelopmental abnormalities and congenital heart disease: insights into altered brain maturation

PD Morton, N Ishibashi, RA Jonas - Circulation research, 2017‏ - ahajournals.org
In the past 2 decades, it has become evident that individuals born with congenital heart
disease (CHD) are at risk of develo** life-long neurological deficits. Multifactorial risk …