Reports of 2 Rare Associations of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

K. Anitha Jayakumar, MD; Gouri Tilak, MD; Bibhuti B. Das, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Dec 2019)

Reports of 2 Rare Associations of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

K. Anitha Jayakumar, MD,
Gouri Tilak, MD,
Bibhuti B. Das, MD

Affiliations

K. Anitha Jayakumar, MD: Pediatric Heart Institute, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Hollywood, Florida; Address for correspondence: Dr. K. Anitha Jayakumar, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Heart Institute, 1005 Joe DiMaggio Drive, Fourth Floor, Hollywood, Florida 33021.
Gouri Tilak, MD: Department of Radiology, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Hollywood, Florida
Bibhuti B. Das, MD: Pediatric Heart Institute, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Hollywood, Florida

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 4
pp. 526 – 531

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This report describes 2 contrasting yet rare associations of hypoplastic left heart syndrome, 1 in a patient with pulmonary valve stenosis that was successfully surgically palliated and the other in a patient with an intact atrial septum and stenotic bilateral levoatriocardinal veins who was offered comfort care. These cases underscore the point that although both infants were born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, the outcomes can dramatically differ as a result of anatomic and physiological variables. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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