Difficulties in neurodevelopment with repercussions in the educational environment in minors with congenital cardiopathies: systematic review

The survival of newborns with congenital heart disease has increased in recent decades. After guaranteeing this, scientific studies began to show that these children presented slowness in some areas of neurodevelopmental, becoming more palpable at later ages. A systematic review is carried out to gain in-depth knowledge of the existing studies on the neurodevelopmental of children with congenital heart disease, without associated chromosomal anomalies and underwent surgery, consulting 149 studies located in the databases of Scopus and Pubmed from 2008 to 2018. Fifteen studies that met the eligibility criteria were analyzed in depth. Scientific studies show that people with congenital heart disease obtain lower than average scores in some areas of neurodevelopmental (language and motor). Children with congenital heart disease need to be referred to early care services to prevent difficulties that may arise in the school setting.