Doubled risk of anxiety for 18 month-old children with congenital heart defects

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 11:00 in Health & Medicine

Research from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) shows that children with severe congenital heart defects have twice the risk of anxiety at 18 months of age compared to healthy children. Children with mild and moderate heart defects, on the other hand, did not show an increased risk of anxiety.

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