Hypoplastic left heart syndrome: From bedside to bench and back

Anita Saraf, Wendy M. Book, Timothy J. Nelson, Chunhui Xu

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Abstract

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) is a complex Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) that was almost universally fatal until the advent of the Norwood operation in 1981. Children with HLHS who largely succumbed to the disease within the first year of life, are now surviving to adulthood. However, this survival is associated with multiple comorbidities and HLHS infants have a higher mortality rate as compared to other non-HLHS single ventricle patients. In this review we (a) discuss current clinical challenges associated in the care of HLHS patients, (b) explore the use of systems biology in understanding the molecular framework of this disease, (c) evaluate induced pluripotent stem cells as a translational model to understand molecular mechanisms and manipulate them to improve outcomes, and (d) investigate cell therapy, gene therapy, and tissue engineering as a potential tool to regenerate hypoplastic cardiac structures and improve outcomes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)109-118
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Volume135
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2019

Keywords

  • Congenital heart disease
  • Hypoplastic left heart syndrome

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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