Hypoplastic left heart syndrome [PDF]
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome(HLHS) refers to the abnormal development of the left-sided cardiac structures, resulting in obstruction to blood flow from the left ventricular outflow tract. In addition, the syndrome includes underdevelopment of the left
Thiagarajan Ravi, Connor Jean
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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome: a review [PDF]
Background. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is an etiologically multifactorial congenital heart disease affecting one in 5,000 newborns. Thirty years ago there were no treatment options for this pathology and the natural course of the disease ...
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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome – Unresolved Issues [PDF]
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is one of the most challenging congenital heart defects. At present it is expected that - at best - 70% of newborns with HLHA will reach adulthood. This review addresses the problems of right ventricular failure and
Raoul Roman Arnold +2 more
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What Is the Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome? [PDF]
As yet, there is no agreed definition for the so-called “hypoplastic left heart syndrome”. Even its origin remains contentious. Noonan and Nadas, who as far as we can establish first grouped together patients as belonging to a “syndrome” in 1958 ...
Robert H. Anderson +2 more
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The neurodevelopmental implications of hypoplastic left heart syndrome in the fetus [PDF]
As survival after cardiac surgery continues to improve, an increasing number of patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome are reaching school age and beyond, with growing recognition of the wide range of neurodevelopmental challenges many survivors ...
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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome with mitral regurgitation: a new marker of poor fetal outcome [PDF]
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a severe congenital heart defect that may be accompanied by tricuspid and mitral valve regurgitation. The aim of this paper is to identify a new ultrasound marker for evaluating the outcomes of fetuses with hypoplastic ...
Witkowski Sławomir +2 more
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Autologous umbilical cord blood mononuclear cell therapy for hypoplastic left heart syndrome: a nonrandomized control trial of the efficacy and safety of intramyocardial injections [PDF]
Background Preliminary phase I clinical trial results revealed that autologous umbilical cord blood-derived mononuclear cells (UCB-MNCs) preserved right ventricular cardiac function.
Carlos Gallego-Navarro +10 more
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Resource and cost considerations in treating hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Miguel Urencio,1 Chris Greenleaf,1 Jorge D Salazar,2 Ali Dodge-Khatami2 1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2Children’s Heart Center, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA Abstract: Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) was a
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First report of hypoplastic left heart syndrome in 3p- syndrome and review of candidate genes [PDF]
Objective: 3p deletion syndrome is a rare monosomal disease that encompasses deletions throughout the short arm of chromosome 3. It is often in the distal region (3p25-pter), but variations in breakpoints and a complex clinical manifestation exist, with ...
Ana Kalise Böttcher +7 more
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A rare case of hypoplastic left heart syndrome in pregnancy and its outcome [PDF]
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is abnormal development of left sided cardiac structure, leading to obstruction to blood flow from the left ventricular outflow tract.
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