Breastfeeding an infant after heart transplant surgery.
The case study describes an infant who was diagnosed 24 hours after birth with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a cognitive malformation of the heart. He received a heart transplant 30 days later. The infant received breast milk before transplant and successfully breastfed after the transplant until the age of 13 months. For the 5 years since the transplant, he has had no complications associated with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
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Shands Hospital, 1600 SW Archer Road, PO Box 100335, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D007224:Infant Care / Q000379:methods*; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male