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Hypoplastic Left Heart syndrome

Background

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a severe form of congenital heart disease in which the left-sided structures of the heart (mitral valve, left ventricle aortic valve, and aorta) do not develop normally.

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome occurs in approximately 1 in 5,000 children. Approximately 200 diagnoses are made annually in the UK and Ireland.

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Medical text written February 2010 by Dr Gurleen Sharland, Consultant Fetal Cardiologist, Evelina Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

 

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