Abstract
Background Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the most common congenital anomalies. It may carry risk of neurodevelopment (ND) delay. Open heart surgery has been widely introduced to those patients. The outcome of this surgery on patient’s development is unclear. Objective The aim was to evaluate ND outcomes in children with CHD who underwent open heart surgery. Patients and methods Fifty children with CHD were enrolled in this study: 23 were surgically repaired (group 1) and 27 had no surgical intervention (group 2). Twenty normal children of matched age and sex were enrolled in the study as controls (group 3). Bayley-III test was used to compare the ND parameters in all groups. Results ND aspects showed lower significant differences in groups 1 and 2 when matched with the control group (P 0.05). Conclusion CHD carries the risk of ND delay, and exposure to open heart surgery increases this risk.
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