Brief overview What is hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS)? A severe congenital heart defect in which the left ventricle and the part of the aorta branching off from it are underdeveloped. In addition, the heart valves of the left side of the heart are narrowed or closed. Sometimes other defects accompany hypoplastic left heart syndrome. … Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
The term hypoplastic left heart syndrome is used to describe a severely underdeveloped left heart and several other associated severe heart defects in newborns, most commonly involving the mitral and aortic valves. Survival after birth in these children is initially dependent on maintaining the prenatal short circuit between the pulmonary and systemic circulation via the … Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
A heart defect or heart malformation is a congenital or acquired damage to the heart or individual heart structures and adjacent vessels that can lead to a functional impairment of the cardiovascular system or the heart–lung system. Frequency Approximately 6,000 children per year are born in Germany with a congenital heart defect, which is about … Heart defect
Therapy Surgery is probably the largest pillar of therapy, but it can also be treated by intervention and in the case of the ductus arteriosus botalli even by medication.In cardiac surgery, interventions on congenital heart malformations are divided into curative (healing) and palliative operations. In curative procedures, a normal function is surgically restored, resulting in … Therapy | Heart defect
