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Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Heart Defects, Congenital > Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Cardiovascular Diseases > Cardiovascular Abnormalities > Heart Defects, Congenital > Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Cardiovascular Abnormalities > Heart Defects, Congenital > Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

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Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Left Heart Hypoplasia Syndrome
  • Left Heart Syndrome, Hypoplastic

Scope note

  • 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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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018636

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