title: Anesthetic considerations in infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
abstract: Hypoplasia of the left ventricle is a congenital cardiac lesion that is almost universally fatal if left untreated. Six decades of improved diagnostic modalities, greater understanding of single ventricle physiology, and earlier surgical and palliative options have given many of these patients an opportunity of surviving well into adulthood. This review will summarize these advances and focus on the anesthetic implications of this challenging disease from diagnosis to beyond the first palliative surgery.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital Colorado, 13123 East 16th Avenue, B090, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. mark.twite@childrenscolorado.org
authors: Mark D
authors: MD
authors: Twite
authors: Richard J
authors: RJ
authors: Ing
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods; D013534:Survival; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: anesthesia; congenital heart disease; hypoplastic left heart syndrome