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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
The Lancet, 2009Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a rare congenital heart defect in which the left side of the heart is underdeveloped. Surgical management of hypoplastic left heart syndrome has changed the prognosis of the condition that was previously regarded as fatal.
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Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1990HLHS is a complex developmental malformation of the left ventricle, aorta, and associated valves. Survival beyond neonatal life is the exception in untreated infants. The prognosis, however, is no longer hopeless. Newer surgical strategies of staged palliative reconstruction and heart replacement by transplantation appear promising.
L L, Bailey, S R, Gundry
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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2000Prenatal diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart syndrome is strongly encouraged through careful, routine level II ultrasound screening, especially in high-risk families. A decision for palliative care (leading to death) should be discouraged if cardiac anatomy or physiology is favorable, centers of expertise are available, sufficient resources exist, and ...
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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2010Hypoplastic left heart syndrome describes a range of congenital cardiac lesions, which have in common a small left ventricle which is unable to support the systemic circulation. Typically the volume of the small left ventricle is
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Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
2018Patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) are born without a functional left ventricle. To allow for long-term viability, these children typically undergo a series of operations aimed at utilizing the single functional right ventricle to support systemic cardiac output.
Monika Chauhan +2 more
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Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2008Abstract Hypoplastic left heart syndrome constitutes a spectrum of morphologic abnormalities characterized by underdevelopment of left-sided cardiac structures. A comprehensive understanding of their unique anatomy and single-ventricle physiology is essential for successful management.
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Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
2015Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is characterized by severe underdevelopment of the structures in the left heart-aorta complex, including the left ventricular cavity and the aortic arch. This chapter elaborates:
Viktor Hraška, Peter Murín
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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
Pediatric nursing, 2003Sixteen years ago, hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) was a fatal diagnosis. Following birth and closing of the ductus arteriosus, HLHS infants developed metabolic acidosis, decreased systemic perfusion, circulatory collapse, and death. Currently, HLHS can be detected in fetuses in the first trimester of pregnancy.
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