Although hypoplasia of left heart structures presents with a spectrum of severity,
management decisions are typically dichotomous: single-ventricle palliation or biventricular
repair. Since the long-term outcomes of single-ventricle palliation are sub-optimal,
strategies to aggressively pursue biventricular circulation in patients with borderline
left heart structures have been developed. Recent strategies and surgical techniques
to rehabilitate the left heart in patients with borderline left heart are described.
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