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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome: from comfort care to long-term survival

Authors :
Yabrodi, Mouhammad
Mastropietro, Christopher W.
Source :
Pediatric Research; February 2017, Vol. 81 Issue: 2 p142-149, 8p
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

The management of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) has changed substantially over the past four decades. In the 1970s, children with HLHS could only be provided with supportive care. As a result, most of these unfortunate children died within the neonatal period. The advent of the Norwood procedure in the early 1980s has changed the prognosis for these children, and the majority now undergoing a series of three surgical stages that can support survival beyond the neonatal period and into early adulthood. This review will focus on the Norwood procedure and the other important innovations of the last half century that have improved our outlook toward children born with HLHS.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00313998 and 15300447
Volume :
81
Issue :
2
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Pediatric Research
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs41069329
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/pr.2016.194