Best hospitals and doctors for HLHS in Chennai - Madras, India

This is complex and rare congenital (present at birth) heart defect. The left side of the heart is critically underdeveloped in hypoplastic left heart syndrome. The left side of the heart can’t effectively pump blood to the body. Instead, the right side of the heart must pump blood to the lungs and to the rest of the body.

May include:

• Grayish-blue skin color (cyanosis)
• Rapid, difficult breathing
• Poor feeding
• Cold hands and feet
• Weak pulse
• Being unusually drowsy or inactive