Perioperative neonatal brain injury is associated with worse school‐age neurodevelopment in children with critical congenital heart disease

Aim To assess the impact of perioperative neonatal brain injury and brain volumes on neurodevelopment throughout school‐age children with critical congenital heart disease ( CHD ). Method Thirty‐four survivors of neonatal cardiac surgery (seven females, 27 males) were included. Neonatal preoperative and postoperative cerebral magnetic resonance imaging was performed and neurodevelopment was assessed at 24 months ( SD 0.7, n =32, using Bayley...