Alexandra F Bonthrone, Raymond Stegeman, Maria Feldmann, Nathalie H P Claessens, Maaike Nijman, Nicolaas J G Jansen, Joppe Nijman, Floris Groenendaal, Linda S de Vries, Manon J N L Benders, Felix Haas, Mirielle N Bekker, Thushiha Logeswaran, Bettina Reich, Raimund Kottke, Cornelia Hagmann, Beatrice Latal, Hitendu Dave, John Simpson, Kuberan Pushparajah, Conal Austin, Christopher J Kelly, Sophie Arulkumaran, Mary A Rutherford, Serena J Counsell, Walter Knirsch, Johannes M P J Breur
BACKGROUND: Infants with congenital heart disease are at risk of brain injury and impaired neurodevelopment. The aim was to investigate risk factors for perioperative brain lesions in infants with congenital heart disease. METHODS: Infants with transposition of the great arteries, single ventricle physiology, and left ventricular outflow tract and/or aortic arch obstruction undergoing cardiac surgery <6 weeks after birth from 3 European cohorts (Utrecht, Zurich, and London) were combined...
October 27, 2022: Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation