CoronavirusUpdate:ToNew&ExistingClientsLearnMore›ContactUsNow:(888)424-5757TaptoCallTaptoTextChicagoPersonalInjuryLawyersServingClientsinIllinois&NationwideOver$250MillionRecoveredforOurClientsContactUsnowForaFreeConsultationHomeInjuryTypesDiseases&IllnessesHypoplasticRightHeartSyndrome(HRHS)HypoplasticRightHeartSyndrome(HRHS):InformationonCauses,Diagnosis&TreatmentsHypoplasticrightheartsyndrome(HRHS)isacongenitalheartprobleminvolvingthestructureoftherightsideoftheheartthatisunderdevelopedatbirth.Theissueinvolvestheheart'smuscularlowerchamberthatfunctionsabnormallymakingitimpossibleordifficultforbloodtopassthroughthelungs.Normally,therightventriclewillpushbloodtotheheartintothebody'slungstoreceiveoxygenbeforebeingpumpedtotissueandorgans.Insomecases,thenewbornwillalsosufferanunderdevelopedatrium,pulmonaryartery,pulmonaryvalve,ortricuspidvalve.Theseproblemsdevelopbeforebirthintheinitialstagesofpregnancy.Whiledoctorsareyettodeterminetheexactcauseofhypoplasticrightheartsyndrome,itisthoughttodevelopthroughacombinationofenvironmentalfactorsandgenetics.Theinadequateflowofbloodfromthedefectintothebody'slungsoftenproducesacyanotic(blue)tintedinfant.WhoIsatRiskforHypoplasticRightHeartSyndrome?CommonSymptomsDiagnosingHypoplasticRightHeartSyndromeTreatingtheConditionPrognosis(Outlook)WhoIsatRiskforHypoplasticRightHeartSyndrome?Motherswhopreviouslybirthedthechildwithhypoplasticrightheartsyndromeareatgreaterriskofbirthinganotherbabywithasimilarcondition.Doctorshaveyettodeterminetheexactcauseoftheconditionbutitislikelytheresultofenvironmentalfactorsandgenetics.Themainissueinvolvinghypoplasticrightheartsyndromeispulmonaryvalveatresiawherethechildisbornwithoutthepulmonaryvalvethatisessentialintheopeningandclosingtheheartchambertoallowtheflowofbloodtoenterthepulmonaryartery.However,therealsosecondaryissuesassociatedwithHRHSthatinclude:Hypoplastic(small)RightVentricle–NormallydevelopedlowerchamberoftheheartpumpsbloodtothelungsHypoplastic(small)TricuspidValve–Thesmallbowelrestrictsthef