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Cognitive dysfunction in Adult Congenital Heart Disease with different structural complexity

Tyagi, M., Fteropoulli, T., Hurt, C. S. , Hirani, S. P., Rixon, L., Davies, A., Picaut, N. & Newman, S. P. (2017). Cognitive dysfunction in Adult Congenital Heart Disease with different structural complexity. Cardiology in the Young, 27(5), pp. 851-859. doi: 10.1017/s1047951116001396

Abstract

We carried out a cross-sectional study to assess cognitive function in a sample of adult CHD patients, within the Functioning in Adult Congenital Heart Disease study London. The association between cognitive functioning and disease complexity was examined.

A total of 310 patients participated in this study. Patients were classified into four structural complexity groups – tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of the great arteries, single ventricle, and simple conditions. Each patient underwent neuropsychological assessment to evaluate cognitive function, including memory and executive function, and completed questionnaires to assess depression and anxiety.

Among all, 41% of the sample showed impaired performance (>1.5 SD below the normative mean) on at least three tests of cognitive function compared with established normative data. This was higher than the 8% that was expected in a normal population. The sample exhibited significant deficits in divided attention, motor function, and executive functioning. There was a significant group difference in divided attention (F=5.01, p=0.002) and the mean total composite score (F=5.19, p=0.002) between different structural complexity groups, with the simple group displaying better cognitive function.

The results indicate that many adult CHD patients display impaired cognitive function relative to a healthy population, which differs in relation to disease complexity. These findings may have implications for clinical decision making in this group of patients during childhood. Possible mechanisms underlying these deficits and how they may be reduced or prevented are discussed; however, further work is needed to draw conclusive judgements.

Publication Type: Article
Additional Information: Copyright Cambridge Unversity Press 2017
Publisher Keywords: Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cognition, Neuropsychological assessment, Mood
Subjects: R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Departments: School of Health & Psychological Sciences
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