num_pages: 352
description: The sucessful treatment of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS)is the culmination of five decades of experience in the treatmentof congenital heart disease. This text, the first to devoted solelyto the implications and treatment of this single congenital heartmalformation, takes a comprehensive look at the medical andsurgical therapy for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Starting from the salient genetics invoved, contributors proceedto cover to the impact of fetal echocardiography, stagedpalliation, cardiac transplantation, long-term outlooks, and thetreatment of advanced disease. Additionally, this essential textexplores the difficult topic of HLHS variants, and the perspectiveof the parent whose child has HLHS.
language: English
title: Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
titlecomplete: Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
publisher: Wiley-Blackwell