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Neurodevelopmental Outcomes for Individuals With Congenital Heart Disease: Updates in Neuroprotection, Risk-Stratification, Evaluation, and Management: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation

Over the past decade, new research has advanced scientific knowledge of neurodevelopmental trajectories, factors that increase neurodevelopmental risk, and neuroprotective strategies for individuals with congenital heart disease.

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Researchers Link Infant Heart Defects, Childhood Cancer

DAIC

Specifically, compared to newborns without congenital heart defects, cancer risk was more than double in newborns with congenital defects that involved blood vessels or heart valves and two times higher among those with complex congenital heart disease.

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