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Hypoplastic Heart Syndrome is
a condition in which one side of the heart is underdeveloped. Usually, the left
ventricle, the left atrium, the mitral valve and the aorta are affected
When a baby has HLHS, the
left side of the heart is underdeveloped so it cannot sufficiently pump the
oxygenated blood out to the body.
Babies with HLHS do not have problems while in the womb -
it is only after birth that the heart fails to work properly. This is because
all babies receive oxygen from the placenta while in the uterus.
After birth, surgery is required or 90% of babies will
die within a few weeks. The surgery involves up to three staged procedures and
half the babies survive.
Potter's syndrome
Anencephaly Down
syndrome
Hypoplastic
left heart syndrome Spina
bifida
Diaphragmatic Hernia
Trisomies (13,18..)
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