Hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a term first used by Hank and Nardas in 1958,
encompasses a variety of cardiac malformations which have in common under development …

For those who care for children with congenital heart disease, hypoplastic left heart
syndrome is at once the most rewarding and the most frustrating anomaly to manage. The …

the hypoplastic left heart syndrome includes a spectrum of underdevelopment of the left-
sided cardiac structures, characterized by aortic valvar atresia or severe stenosis with a …

A new operative procedure is described for the palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
The operation consists of anastomosis of a tubular prosthesis between the proximal …

Despite significant improvements in the management of hypoplastic left heart syndrome, mid-
and long-term results remain suboptimal. During the last 15 years, the hybrid procedure …

Background: Surgical options for infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) and/or
its variants are cardiac transplantation or the heart‐preserving staged palliation with …

Objective: To describe a 12 year experience with staged surgical management of the
hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) and to identify the factors that influenced outcome …

Background We sought to review current-era experience with multistage palliation of
neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) and to examine the patients' …

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) was once a uniformly fatal disease, accounting the
majority of neonatal deaths due to congenital heart defects. Twenty-five years of advances in …

rare congenital heart anomaly, with a reported incidence of 266 per 1 million live births, was
reilluminated by Lev (1) and others (2, 3) in the 1950s, although descriptions of anatomic …