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Executive function deficits in congenital heart disease: why is intervention important?

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Calderon, Johanna, Bellinger, David C.·2015·Cardiology in the Young

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It is widely recognised that children with congenital heart disease (CHD) are at high risk for neurodevelopmental impairments including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder symptoms. Executive function impairments are one of the most prominent neurodevelopmental features associated with CHD. These deficits can have widespread debilitating repercussions in children’s neurocognitive, behavioural, and psycho-social development. There is a crucial gap in research regarding the efficacy of preventive or treatment strategies for these important cognitive morbidities. Executive functions are complex neurocognitive skills highly amenable to improvement. Evidence-based interventions have shown promising results in other paediatric populations, strongly suggesting that they might also benefit the growing population of children with CHD. In this review, we summarise the available data on executive function impairments in children and adolescents with CHD. We underline the important co-morbidity of executive dysfunction with other cognitive and psychiatric issues in CHD, which raises awareness of the crucial need to prevent or at least mitigate these deficits. Finally, we summarise future avenues for research in terms of interventions that may help reduce executive function impairments in youth with CHD.

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  • Adolescents with congenital heart disease have lower IQs and reduced executive functioning, shown by poorer perceptual reasoning and working memory than typically developing peers.

    “In adolescence, young people with CHD continue to show lower IQs, and reduced executive functioning can be recognized by the poorer perceptual reasoning and working memory scores in adolescents with CHD than their peers with typical development.[17][18][19]”

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Authors
Calderon, J., & Bellinger, D. C.
Affiliations
Boston Children's Hospital (US)
Corresponding author
Calderon, Johanna
Venue
Cardiology in the Young
Published
2015-06-17
Volume
25
Issue
7
Pages
1238-1246
ISSN
  • 1047-9511 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-1107
OpenAlex
W2275772315
Cited by
122
References
73
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 5
FWCI
1.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cardiology in the Young (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Congenital Heart Disease Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Congenital heart defects research
Keywords
executive dysfunction, congenital heart disease, neurodevelopmental impairment, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder, cognitive comorbidities, psychiatric comorbidity, evidence-based interventions, children and adolescents
MeSH terms
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Adolescent, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Child, Heart Defects, Congenital, Humans, Neuropsychological Tests, Comorbidity, Executive Function

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