The heart has two pumping chambers, called ventricles. When a baby is born with only one working ventricle, it’s called a single ventricle defect. This creates serious and complex problems for the heart – but with state-of-the-art care, kids born with these kinds of congenital heart defects can thrive.
Single ventricle defects include the following:
- Atrioventricular Canal Defect (Atrioventricular Septal Defect)
- Double Outlet Right Ventricle (DORV)
- Ebstein Anomaly
- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)
- Pulmonary Atresia
- Tricuspid Atresia