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Review
. 2018 Mar;28(3):458-460.
doi: 10.1017/S1047951117001962. Epub 2017 Dec 13.

Hypoplastic left heart in Turner's syndrome: a primary indication for transplant?

Joseph Philip  1 , Dipankar Gupta  1 , Mark S Bleiweis  1 , Biagio A Pietra  1 , Himesh V Vyas  1
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Hypoplastic left heart in Turner's syndrome: a primary indication for transplant?

Joseph Philip et al. Cardiol Young. 2018 Mar.

Abstract

Survival for hypoplastic left heart syndrome patients following the Norwood procedure is 71-90%. Mortality in patients with Turner's syndrome and hypoplastic left heart syndrome after conventional palliation (Norwood operation) has been reported as high as 80%. This questions the approach of traditional staged palliation. Here, we report a patient with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and Turner's syndrome bridged to orthotopic heart transplantation following a hybrid procedure.

Keywords: Turner’s syndrome; heart transplant; hybrid palliation; hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

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