Training Pediatric Cardiologists to Meet the Needs of Patients with Neurodevelopmental Disorders

The prevalence rate of congenital heart disease (CHD) in the US is currently 1% or about 40,000 births each year [1]. Unfortunately, CHD is often associated with other physical problems or developmental disabilities [2], significantly lower performance scores on intellectual assessments in the areas of sensorimotor functioning, language, attention, executive functioning, and memory [3] decreased social abilities [4], and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) [2,5]. In fact, children with CHD have 4.6 times higher rate of ASD than those without [6].

Source: Progress in Pediatric Cardiology - January 26, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Krista M. Clancy, Steven E. Lipshultz Source Type: research