Mortality in hypoplastic left heart syndrome: Review of 216 autopsy cases of aortic atresia with attention to coronary artery disease

ObjectivesAortic atresia (AA) in hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) has been associated with increased mortality in several prior studies. We reviewed our autopsy series to explore the relationship of coronary abnormalities to anatomic subsets of HLHS with AA.MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed all pathology specimens with AA/MS (mitral stenosis) and AA/MA (mitral atresia) in the Cardiac Registry of Children’s Hospital Boston between 1955 and...