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syndrome
(redirected from Hypoplastic left heart syndrome)

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syndrome
Med any combination of signs and symptoms that are indicative of a particular disease or disorder

syndrome [′sin‚drōm]
(medicine)
A group of signs and symptoms which together characterize a disease. Also known as complex.


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When Berkley Huss, now eight weeks old, was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome in utero, Berkley's parents and the medical team at Children's Sibley Heart Center prepared for the difficult and complex surgery required to save her life.
In related news, the Sequoia system was recently used during a breakthrough procedure at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, where cardiologists, a radiologist and risk obstetrical specialists placed a stent in the heart of a 30-week fetus suffering from hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) with an intact septum.
 
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