Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (2 of 2)

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This is a vidoemicroscopy of mouse fetus with HLHS showing robust contractile motion and blood flow from the right ventricle (RV), while the left ventricle (LV) is very small and exhibits only very weak contraction and no blood flow. http://players.brightcove.net/4365621440001/216a41e4-093d-49b1-831c-dbf5b8ca99d9_default/index.html?videoId=5443653719001

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