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MeSH Heading: Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Tree Number(s): C14.240.400.625; C14.280.400.625; C16.131.240.400.625
Unique ID: D018636
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018636
Scope Note: A condition caused by underdevelopment of the whole left half of the heart. It is characterized by hypoplasia of the left cardiac chambers (HEART ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE), the AORTA, the AORTIC VALVE, and the MITRAL VALVE. Severe symptoms appear in early infancy when DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS closes.
Entry Term(s): Left Heart Hypoplasia Syndrome; Left Heart Syndrome, Hypoplastic
Previous Indexing: Heart Defects, Congenital (1966-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/04/16
Revision Date: 2012/07/03

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