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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome can be diagnosed prenatally or after birth via echocardiography. Typical findings include a small left ventricle and aorta, abnormalities of the mitral and aortic valves, retrograde flow in the transverse arch of the aorta, and left-to-right flow between the atria.
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome, or HLHS, is a congenital heart defect that affects the left side of the heart, specifically affecting the left ventricle and ascending aorta. Also, the aortic valve and mitral valve might be either too small to allow enough blood to flow through, or they might be absent altogether, called atresia.
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a rare congenital defect in which a part of the infant's heart is underdeveloped, making it difficult for the left side of the heart to pump enough blood ...
The Fontan Kreutzer procedure is used in pediatric patients who possess only a single functional ventricle, either due to lack of a heart valve (e.g. tricuspid or mitral atresia), an abnormality of the pumping ability of the heart (e.g. hypoplastic left heart syndrome or hypoplastic right heart syndrome), or a complex congenital heart disease where a bi-ventricular repair is impossible or ...
Norwood procedure is most commonly performed to treat hypoplastic left heart syndrome, double outlet right ventricle, double inlet left ventricle, and other single ventricle congenital heart defects. [5] Variations are also used for palliation of mitral and tricuspid atresia [6] and subsets of transposition of great arteries (TGA). [7]
Examples of congenital cardiac malformations in which this procedure may be used include hypoplastic left heart syndrome, tricuspid atresia, double-inlet left ventricle and double-outlet right ventricle. [3] The natural history of congenital univentricular cardiac malformations results in cyanotic heart failure at an early age. Staged ...
Here are links to possibly useful sources of information about Hypoplastic left heart syndrome. PubMed provides review articles from the past five years (limit to free review articles) The TRIP database provides clinical publications about evidence-based medicine. Other potential sources include: Centre for Reviews and Dissemination and CDC
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) it is treated with the Norwood procedure. This typically consists of three surgeries creating and removing shunts . The atrial septum is removed, the aortic arch is reconstructed to remove any hypoplasia , and then the main pulmonary artery is connected into this reconstructed arch, resulting in the right ...