Hypoplastic left heart

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome; HLHS
Treatment:
Once the diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart is made, a nunber of things are done. First, the patient is put on a ventilator to assist with breathing if necessary.
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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a congenital (present at birth) syndrome that involves a combination of several abnormalities of the heart and great blood vessels.
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Hypoplastic left heart repair
This is a very severe heart defect that results from a severely underdeveloped heart, and causes death in most affected babies.
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Syndrome, hypoplastic left heart: A form of congenital heart disease in which the whole left half of the heart (including the aorta , aortic valve, left ventricle and mitral valve) is underdeveloped (hypoplastic).
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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a condition in which the left side of the heart is underdeveloped, is rare, but it is the most serious type of congenital heart disease.
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This procedure is generally used to treat transposition of the great vessels, tricuspid atresia, and hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Septostomy does not correct the congenital heart defect.
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On the other hand, a severe congenital heart defect such as hypoplastic left heart syndrome, in which the left side of the heart is too small to support life, may be fatal shortly after birth.
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Tetralogy of Fallot
Transposition of the great vessels
Tricuspid atresia
Total anomalous pulmonary venous return
Truncus arteriosus
Hypoplastic left heart
Hypoplastic right heart
Ebstein's anomaly ...
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