Neurocognitive functioning in young adults with congenital heart disease: insights from a case-control study.

Background: While there is evidence that cognitive impairment of children with congenital heart disease (CHD) may persist into adolescence, little is known about the spectrum of neurocognitive functioning of young adults with this disorder. The aim of this study was to assess neurocognitive functioning in a population of young adults with different types of CHD.

Methods: Cross-sectional cohort study in young adults with CHD and a group-matched healthy control group.

Structural brain abnormalities in adults with congenital heart disease: Prevalence and association with estimated intelligence quotient.

Background: Little is known about the prevalence of structural brain abnormalities and cognitive functioning in the growing population of patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD). Thus, our aim was to assess structural abnormalities on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and their association with intelligence quotient (IQ) in ACHD patients.

Methods: Cross-sectional study in ACHD patients and healthy controls as comparison group.