Single ventricle

Associate Editor-in-Chief: Keri Shafer, M.D. [mailto:kshafer@bidmc.harvard.edu]

Related Key Words and Synonyms: Hypoplastic left heart syndrome or hypoplastic right heart syndrome.

Overview
Single ventricle is a congenital heart defect in which one of ventricular chambers is absent or very small, or a defect in which the septum between the two ventrilces is missing. These defects are also termed hypoplastic left heart syndrome or hypoplastic right heart syndrome.

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