Finding the correct role for heart transplant in the treatment of hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) with aortic atresia has evolved from a universally fatal disease when Norwood et al1Norwood W.I. Lang P. Hansen D.D. Physiologic repair of aortic atresia-hypoplastic left heart syndrome.N Engl J Med. 1983; 308: 23-26Google Scholar performed the first staged surgical palliations in 1979 to one with reasonable intermediate term outcomes.2Newburger J.W. Sleeper L.A. Frommelt P.C. et al.Transplantation-free...