Items Tagged ‘Ochsner Hospital for Children’
June 24, 2019
HLHS Consortium Gives Hope to Babies with Rare Congenital Heart Defect
By Jen Schutz 
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) is a rare disease that affects approximately 1 of every 4,300 babies every year. HLHS is a congenital heart defect in which the left side of the heart is underdeveloped. It occurs during fetal growth when the baby’s heart is developing. Without immediate intervention after birth, 95% of infants with […]
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