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Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: Ben's Story
Ben was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a severe heart defect, before he was born, and was 3 days old when he had the first of three open heart surgeries at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. For more: http://heart.chop.edu
Pediatric heart surgeon Stephanie Fuller, MD, performed all of Ben's surgeries, altering the circulation system so Ben's heart functions as a one-sided pump. This is called Fontan circulation.
The surgeries are life saving for children with single ventricle heart defects such as hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS).