Complex Single Ventricle
​Affecting only about 5 of 100,000 live births, single ventricle defects are complex congenital (present at birth) heart defects. In actuality this description applies to several congenital defects that differ from each other but still share one common issue: the heart has only one adequately sized functional pumping chamber or ventricle.
Some common forms of single ventricle defects are tricuspid atresia, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, double inlet left ventricle, and mitral valve atresia.
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