New hope for predicting and treating heart failure in babies born with deadly heart defect - EurekAlert

Almost one third of babies born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, or HLHS, die from heart failure before their first birthday. By uncovering cellular processes that drive heart failure in these young patients, a new study may hold the answers to identifyi…

video: Individual heart cells derived from healthy people (Control) and patients with milder (Group I) or severe (Group II) forms of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Control and Group I cells beat qu… [+5794 chars]

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