Intermediate-term neurodevelopmental outcomes and quality of life after arterial switch operation beyond early neonatal period.
Sowmya Venkata RamananSoumya SundaramArun GopalakrishnanD V AnijaP SandhyaDhiya Susan JoseSudip Dutta BaruahSabarinath MenonBaiju S DharanPublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2022)
While intermediate-term cardiac outcomes and HRQOL after ASO were fairly satisfactory, NDD was identified in one-fourth of these children. Increasing time to lactate normalization after ASO and low socioeconomic status were associated with suboptimal intermediate neurodevelopment outcomes after ASO.