Diseases

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

A condition caused by underdevelopment of the whole left half of the heart. It is characterized by hypoplasia of the left cardiac chambers (HEART ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE), the AORTA, the AORTIC VALVE, and the MITRAL VALVE. Severe symptoms appear in early infancy when DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS closes.

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Abstract

A condition caused by underdevelopment of the whole left half of the heart. It is characterized by hypoplasia of the left cardiac chambers (HEART ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE), the AORTA, the AORTIC VALVE, and the MITRAL VALVE. Severe symptoms appear in early infancy when DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS closes.

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2 entry terms
  • Left Heart Hypoplasia Syndrome
  • Left Heart Syndrome, Hypoplastic

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Previous Indexing

  • Heart Defects, Congenital (1966-1994)

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  1. C14w.240.400w.625w
  2. C14w.280w.400w.625w
  3. C16w.131w.240.400w.625w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018636. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018636
  2. Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoplastic_left_heart_syndrome
  3. Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1641399