Risk Factors for Perioperative Brain Lesions in Infants With Congenital Heart Disease: A European Collaboration

Abstract

Delivery planning and surgery timing may be modifiable risk factors that allow personalized treatment to minimize the risk of perioperative brain injury in severe congenital heart disease. Further research is needed to optimize cerebral perfusion techniques for neonatal surgery and to confirm the relationship between cerebral sinus venous thrombosis and perioperative risk factors.