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Mitochondrial DNA Depletion Syndrome—An Unusual Reason for Interstage Attrition after the Modified Stage 1 Norwood Operation |
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| Authors: | Dominic Cave MBBS FRCP David B. Ross MD FRCS Wesam Bahitham MSc Alicia Chan MD FRCP Consolato Sergi MD PhD Ian Adatia MBChB FRCP |
| Affiliation: | 1. Departments of Anesthesia and Pediatrics;2. Cardiac Surgery;3. Pathology;4. Pediatrics, Stollery Children's Hospital, Mazankowski Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada |
| Abstract: | We describe a patient with a variant of the hypoplastic left heart syndrome who died 16 weeks after a modified stage 1 Norwood from a mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome. |
| Keywords: | Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Mitochondrial Depletion Syndrome Lactic Acidosis |