How is HLHS detected?
How is HLHS detected? The diagnosis of HLHS is made by fetal echocardiogram as early as 16 weeks gestation. Due to the high number of mothers referred to our fetal heart center from throughout the nation, our fetal heart specialists have an unparalleled level of experience accurately diagnosing HLHS prenatally. What is the life expectancy of HLHS? Most infants die within the first two weeks of life, with an average age at death of 4.5 days (31,33,34). Some patients with HLHS, however, can survive beyond sixty days, without any surgical intervention through the development of pulmonary hypertension (8,33). What is...