Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Practice Variation Across 31 Centres From 20 European Countries. An AEPC Imaging Working Group Study
• Significant variation in HLHS management were reported in relation to pre- and post-surgical examinations, surgical strategy at stage I and III, medical treatment regimens, and follow-up programs. • Greater standardisation of imaging and diagnostic evaluation, medical treatment and follow-up surveillance may improve outcomes for these vulnerable patients and warrants further study.
Authors
- Heynric B. Grotenhuis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9625-5969)
- Ingūna Lubaua (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1221-4853)
- Anna Kaneva-Nencheva
- Ulrike Herberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9386-0258)
- Håkan Wåhlander (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4753-3811)
- Mohammad Ryan Abumehdi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7303-5808)
- Arno A.W. Roest (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0153-5934)
- Anna Sabaté-Rotés (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3127-7673)
- Skaistė Sendžikaitė (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0242-9586)
- Misha Bhat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5719-7671)
- Inga Voges (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7406-8006)
- Peter Olejník (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0086-5114)
- Gabriela Doros
- Thomas Salaets (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0971-5147)
- Tiina Ojala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9092-7763)
- Henrik Brun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0432-1907)
- Massimiliano Cantinotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2430-6480)
- Julie Wacker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5408-1107)
- Tristan Ramcharan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0197-0722)
- Owen Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1448-1012)
- Almudena Ortiz-Garrido (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0367-1339)
- Anna Cavigelli-Brunner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1889-0710)
- Tara Bharucha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2713-8125)
- Hannah Bellsham‐Revell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0360-944X)
- Colin Joseph McMahon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0337-9338)
- Oscar Nolan
- Karel Koubský (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2993-1557)
- Gylfi Óskarsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7560-949X)
- Giovanni Di Salvo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0305-0113)
- Senka Mesihović Dinarević
- Andreas Petropoulos
- Jan Sunnegård
Institutions
- Leiden University (NL)
- Reykjavík University (IS)
- Oslo University Hospital (NO)
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- University of Padua (IT)
- University of Leicester (GB)
- Vilnius University (LT)
- Charles University (CZ)
- Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
- Leicester General Hospital (GB)
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin (IE)
- Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA)
- Institute of Metrology of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA)
- Royal Brompton Hospital (GB)
- University Hospital in Motol (CZ)
- Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital (LV)
- Birmingham Children's Hospital (GB)
- Drottning Silvias barn- och ungdomssjukhus (SE)
- University Hospital of Geneva (CH)
- Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga (ES)
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (DE)
- National Heart Hospital (BG)
- Riga Stradiņš University (LV)
- Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari (ES)
- University Children's Hospital Zurich (CH)
- National Nuclear Research Center (AZ)
- Spitalul Clinic Dr. Victor Babes (RO)
- Skåne University Hospital (SE)
- Evelina London Children's Healthcare (GB)
- Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio (IT)
- Wilhelmina Children's Hospital (NL)
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- Comenius University Bratislava (SK)
- Universidad de Málaga (ES)
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-05-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-025-06175-9
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35
Funders
- University College Dublin