Prenatal diagnosis, birth location may significantly improve neonatal HLHS survival A first-of-its-kind study has found that infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) born far from a hospital providing neonatal cardiac surgery for HLHS have increased neonatal mortality, with most deaths occurring before surgery. Researchers also concluded that efforts to improve prenatal diagnosis of HLHS and subsequent delivery near a large volume cardiac surgical center may ...
Oct. 23, 2013 - Science Daily
Study finds prenatal diagnosis and birth location may significantly improve neonatal HLHS survival ( Texas Children's Hospital ) A first-of-its-kind study led by Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, published online in the journal, Circulation, found that infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) born far from a hospital providing neonatal cardiac surgery for HLHS have increased neonatal mortality, with most deaths occurring before surgery. Researchers also ...
Oct. 23, 2013 - EurekAlert!
Multi-center study led by Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine finds prenatal diagnosis and birth ... HOUSTON, Oct. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A first-of-its-kind study led by Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), published online in the journal, Circulation, found that infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) born far from a hospital providing neonatal cardiac surgery for HLHS have increased neonatal mortality, with most deaths occurring before ...
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