Do relatives of children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) have a higher rate of cardiac malformations?
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a condition where the left side of the heart is unable to do its normal work of pumping blood trough the body. One of the common features of HLHS is that the outlet valve from the left ventricle (the aortic valve) and the area just beneath (the left ventricular outflow…