Advances in Norwood Procedure Lower Risk in Babies with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Treatment TermsPediatric General SurgeryPediatric CardiologyPediatric Congenital Heart DefectsPediatric Heart Surgery
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Overcoming a Big Obstacle for the Tiniest Patients
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Without treatment, a congenital heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) can be deadly within the first few days of life. A baby with HLHS, sometimes called"half a heart," is born with only one of two pumping chambers in the heart. Apart from a heart transplant, a set of three operations performed over several years is the standard of care to repair HLHS and similar defects.
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Source: dukehealth.org: Health Tips - Category: Primary Care Authors: md141 at duke.edu Source Type: news
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