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Neurodevelopment and quality of life for children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome: current knowns and unknowns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2011

Caren S. Goldberg ,
Kathleen Mussatto ,
Daniel Licht  and
Gil Wernovsky
Caren S. Goldberg*
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiology, C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
Kathleen Mussatto
Affiliation:
Herma Heart Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Daniel Licht
Affiliation:
Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Gil Wernovsky
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: Dr C. S. Goldberg, MD, MS, Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0204, United States of America. Tel: +1 734 764 5177; Fax: +1 734 936 9470; E-mail: cgoldber@umich.edu
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Abstract

The aim of this review is to describe the current state of knowledge related to neurodevelopmental outcomes and quality of life for children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and to explore future questions to be answered for this group of children.

Keywords

Hypoplastic left heart syndromeNeurodevelopmentNorwoodQuality of Life
Type
Original Article
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 21 , Issue S2: A Holistic Approach to Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and other evolving challenges in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Disease , 13 December 2011 , pp. 88 - 92
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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