Background Children with congenital heart defects (CHD) requiring open-heart surgery are
a group at high risk for health-related sequelae. Little consensus exists regarding their long …

Background: As survival rates for infants born with severe forms of cardiac defects
(congenital heart defect [CHD]) improve, attention is directed to evaluating factors that affect …

Objective Findings in the literature are inconsistent on the impact of congenital heart disease
(CHD) on the psychological and cognitive functioning of children and adolescents. The aim …

Background—Patients with a single ventricle have multiple risk factors for central nervous
system injury, both before and after the Fontan procedure. Methods and Results—A …

This chapter summarizes and discusses the search for correlates of psychological
adjustment of children with chronic conditions. The search has involved many variables and …

Objective: To examine the quality of life of adults with congenital heart disease. Design and
setting: Observational, cross sectional study conducted at one general hospital in …

Objective Despite the increasing number of adults with congenital heart disease (CHD), little
is known of the emotional life of these long-term survivors; hence, we undertook a study to …

Background During the last 30 years, several studies have indicated that children with
disabilities are at increased risk for emotional and behavioral morbidity. Population-based …

BACKGROUND: Attentional dysfunction in children after corrective cardiac surgery in
infancy has rarely been evaluated and is the topic of the present work. METHODS: Forty …

Aims: To evaluate behavioural outcome and quality of life in children aged 8–14 years after
neonatal arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries. Methods: Sixty …