Abstract:Background:
The pathogenesis of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), a congenital heart disease with significant morbidity and mortality, remains unknown. We previously proposed a hypothesis wherein HLHS represents a type of rheumatic heart disease in the fetus; trans-placental passage of maternal anti-strep or anti-cardiac myosin (CM) antibodies are postulated to play a key role in the pathogenesis of disease. This is a first report of an animal model that we have developed to asse… Show more
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