Massimo Antonio Padalino

Preoperative brain injury and neurodevelopmental outcomes in syndromic and non-syndromic children with complex congenital heart disease: a single-centre cohort study

Abstract Children with complex congenital heart disease (CHD) are at high risk of brain lesions both before and after cardiac surgery. Preoperative brain injury reflects foetal and perinatal brain development and represents an independent predictor of neurodevelopmental outcome....