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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome

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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is the 8th most common congenital heart disease. It occurs in 0.16–0.68/1000 live births (4% of all congenital heart diseases at all ages).

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois(CHUV), 46, rue du Bugnon, Lausanne, CH-1011, Switzerland

    Antonio F. Corno MD, FRCS, FETCS

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Corno, A.F. (2003). Hypoplastic left heart syndrome. In: Congenital Heart Defects. Steinkopff, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57358-3_17

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