Primary care cardiology for patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Cardiol Young. 2011 Dec:21 Suppl 2:53-8. doi: 10.1017/S1047951111001594.

Abstract

Primary care cardiology is also known as ambulatory cardiology and outpatient cardiology. Primary care cardiology for the longitudinal management of patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome is both poorly described and has limited evidence to justify its basis. This article briefly discusses the various complications that these patients can develop, reviews the medical literature, and describes a framework for the care of these complex patients from infancy to transition to care by specialists in adults with congenital cardiac disease.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Ambulatory Care / methods*
  • Cardiology / methods*
  • Disease Management*
  • Humans
  • Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / therapy*
  • Primary Health Care / methods*
  • United States