title: Neonatal surgical reconstruction and peri-operative care for hypoplastic left heart syndrome: current strategies.
abstract: The management of newborns with hypoplastic left heart syndrome has changed significantly over the past three decades, with an associated dramatic improvement in outcomes. The aim of this paper is to discuss current peri-operative and palliative surgical strategies. Owing to the fact that comparative outcomes for these strategies have been addressed in a limited number of prospective trials and extractions from multi-centred databases, the primary focus of this review is descriptive.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. FULLERS@email.chop.edu
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fuller
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ghanayem
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nigro
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kleisli
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tabbutt
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic