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Children born with a single ventricle heart defect, like hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) and Ebstein anomaly, do better with a whole team working together from the start. At 91大神 Children鈥檚, your child gets advanced heart surgery and integrated services from leading heart specialists.</p>\r\n<p class=\"custom-cursor-default-hover\">The heart has four chambers, a left and right atrium and a left and right ventricle. Having a single ventricle defect means that only one ventricle works well enough to pump blood. Most cases are found while a baby is still in the womb. Treatment includes a series of heart surgeries.<br>\r\n</p>\r\n<p class=\"custom-cursor-default-hover\">As part of renowned, award-winning heart centers in <a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/delaware-valley-pediatric-cardiac-center.html\">Delaware</a> and <a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/florida-pediatric-cardiac-center.html\">Florida</a>, our single ventricle team includes expert fetal heart specialists, cardiothoracic surgeons, interventional cardiologists, critical care intensivists, cardiac anesthesiologists, cardiac psychologists and many others. As a team, we work to reduce a child鈥檚 risk for complications through careful monitoring and therapies that improve health and strength.&nbsp;<br>\r\n</p>\r\n<p class=\"custom-cursor-default-hover\">We partner with the National Pediatric Cardiology Improvement Collaborative (NPC-QIC) to improve the quality of life for children with single ventricle defects. In addition to the highest level of medical and surgical care today, we care for your child as they grow through adulthood.&nbsp;<br>\r\n</p>\r\n"}} id=text-e05a103aa2 class=cmp-text>

Children born with a single ventricle heart defect, like hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) and Ebstein anomaly, do better with a whole team working together from the start. At 91大神 Children鈥檚, your child gets advanced heart surgery and integrated services from leading heart specialists.

The heart has four chambers, a left and right atrium and a left and right ventricle. Having a single ventricle defect means that only one ventricle works well enough to pump blood. Most cases are found while a baby is still in the womb. Treatment includes a series of heart surgeries.

As part of renowned, award-winning heart centers in Delaware and Florida, our single ventricle team includes expert fetal heart specialists, cardiothoracic surgeons, interventional cardiologists, critical care intensivists, cardiac anesthesiologists, cardiac psychologists and many others. As a team, we work to reduce a child鈥檚 risk for complications through careful monitoring and therapies that improve health and strength.听

We partner with the National Pediatric Cardiology Improvement Collaborative (NPC-QIC) to improve the quality of life for children with single ventricle defects. In addition to the highest level of medical and surgical care today, we care for your child as they grow through adulthood.听

Our <a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/fetal-heart.html\">fetal heart</a> specialists use advanced technologies to diagnose single ventricle defects and plan care with a whole team for after your baby is born. We offer:</p>\r\n<p class=\"custom-cursor-default-hover\"><b class=\"custom-cursor-default-hover\">Single Ventricle Surgery</b></p>\r\n<p class=\"custom-cursor-default-hover\">Our <a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/pediatric-heart-surgery.html\">cardiothoracic surgery</a> team has vast experience in single ventricle defects, which involves staged surgeries that begin after birth and happen over the first years of life. These include the Norwood procedure, Glenn procedure and Fontan procedure.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"custom-cursor-default-hover\">We use innovative approaches such as 3D heart modelling and hybrid procedures that combine surgery and catheters (thin tubes threaded through blood vessels) for an easier recovery.&nbsp;<br>\r\n</p>\r\n<p class=\"custom-cursor-default-hover\"><b>Single Ventricle Interstage Program</b><br>\r\n</p>\r\n<p class=\"custom-cursor-default-hover\">Babies need advanced care between the Norwood and Glenn procedures, called the 鈥渋nterstage鈥� period. Our specialists are highly trained in the exact medical, emotional and developmental needs a child and family require at this time. We offer:</p>\r\n<ul class=\"custom-cursor-default-hover\">\r\n<li class=\"custom-cursor-default-hover\"><b>24/7 at home monitoring</b> using&nbsp;<a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/patientfamily/nemours-mychart.html\">91大神 Children's MyChart</a>, keeping track of your child鈥檚 feeding, weight and oxygen levels to spot trends and see problems before they happen<br>\r\n</li>\r\n<li class=\"custom-cursor-default-hover\"><b>Dedicated care coordination and nursing support</b> to schedule all the care your child needs and to answer your specific questions and concerns, through interstage and after</li>\r\n<li class=\"custom-cursor-default-hover\"><a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/nutrition.html\"><b>Nutritional counseling</b></a> to ensure your child is taking in the right calories and nutrients to maintain health and strength</li>\r\n<li class=\"custom-cursor-default-hover\"><a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/pediatric-feeding-and-swallowing-program.html\"><b>Feeding and swallowing therapies</b></a> with speech therapists who have special experience helping kids with heart conditions and achieving goals, like eating with the family</li>\r\n<li class=\"custom-cursor-default-hover\"><a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/cardiac-psychology.html\"><b>Cardiac psychology</b></a><b> </b>services for the whole family to reduce stress and build resilience along the journey</li>\r\n<li class=\"custom-cursor-default-hover\"><a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/cardiac-neurodevelopmental-program.html\"><b>Cardiac neurodevelopmental support</b></a> with early, proven therapies that protect and strengthen your child鈥檚 behavioral, emotional and learning development as they grow</li>\r\n<li class=\"custom-cursor-default-hover\"><b>Social work services</b> to help you find resources and cope as a family</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p class=\"custom-cursor-default-hover\"><b class=\"custom-cursor-default-hover\">Beyond Surgery</b></p>\r\n<p class=\"custom-cursor-default-hover\">Our care goes well beyond surgery. We鈥檙e here when your child is in the womb and as they grow, <a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/adult-congenital-heart-defects.html\">through age 40</a>.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<p class=\"custom-cursor-default-hover\">We offer ongoing&nbsp;<a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/pediatric-cardiology.html\">cardiology</a> care, <a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/cardiac-catheterization.html\">heart catheterization</a> and <a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/electrophysiology-arrhythmia-program.html\">electrophysiology</a> programs, <a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/pacemakers-defibrillators-implanted-devices.html\">pacemakers</a>, <a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/heart-failure-cardiomyopathy-program.html\">heart failure care</a>, <a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/services/pediatric-heart-transplant-program.html\">heart transplant</a> (in Delaware) and referral to other 91大神 specialists, like gastroenterologists, as needed. You get everything in one place.&nbsp;<br>\r\n</p>\r\n"}} id=text-49466011ca class=cmp-text>

Our fetal heart specialists use advanced technologies to diagnose single ventricle defects and plan care with a whole team for after your baby is born. We offer:

Single Ventricle Surgery

Our cardiothoracic surgery team has vast experience in single ventricle defects, which involves staged surgeries that begin after birth and happen over the first years of life. These include the Norwood procedure, Glenn procedure and Fontan procedure.听

We use innovative approaches such as 3D heart modelling and hybrid procedures that combine surgery and catheters (thin tubes threaded through blood vessels) for an easier recovery.听

Single Ventricle Interstage Program

Babies need advanced care between the Norwood and Glenn procedures, called the 鈥渋nterstage鈥� period. Our specialists are highly trained in the exact medical, emotional and developmental needs a child and family require at this time. We offer:

• 24/7 at home monitoring 耻蝉颈苍驳听91大神 Children's MyChart, keeping track of your child鈥檚 feeding, weight and oxygen levels to spot trends and see problems before they happen
  
• Dedicated care coordination and nursing support to schedule all the care your child needs and to answer your specific questions and concerns, through interstage and after
• Nutritional counseling to ensure your child is taking in the right calories and nutrients to maintain health and strength
• Feeding and swallowing therapies with speech therapists who have special experience helping kids with heart conditions and achieving goals, like eating with the family
• Cardiac psychology services for the whole family to reduce stress and build resilience along the journey
• Cardiac neurodevelopmental support with early, proven therapies that protect and strengthen your child鈥檚 behavioral, emotional and learning development as they grow
• Social work services to help you find resources and cope as a family

Beyond Surgery

Our care goes well beyond surgery. We鈥檙e here when your child is in the womb and as they grow, through age 40.听

We offer ongoing聽cardiology care, heart catheterization and electrophysiology programs, pacemakers, heart failure care, heart transplant (in Delaware) and referral to other 91大神 specialists, like gastroenterologists, as needed. You get everything in one place.听