Hypoplastic left heart syndrome care at Mayo Clinic
Your Mayo Clinic care team
Mayo Clinic doctors trained in heart conditions (cardiologists), doctors trained in treating children with heart conditions (pediatric cardiologists), heart surgeons (cardiovascular surgeons) and other healthcare professionals work together to provide coordinated, comprehensive care.
Healthcare professionals at Mayo Clinic get to know you or your child as a whole person and work with you to provide the care you or your child needs.
Advanced diagnosis and treatment
Healthcare professionals trained in treating adults and children with congenital heart defects and congenital heart disease evaluate and treat people with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and other conditions in the Center for Congenital Heart Disease at Mayo Clinic's campus in Minnesota. Adults with congenital heart disease see healthcare professionals trained in treating congenital heart disease at Mayo Clinic's campuses in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota.
Expertise and rankings
Mayo Clinic healthcare professionals trained in heart conditions have extensive experience and expertise diagnosing and treating people with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and other types of congenital heart defects and congenital heart disease. Mayo healthcare professionals evaluate and treat more than 85 people each year with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
Mayo Clinic campuses are nationally recognized for expertise in cardiology and cardiovascular surgery:
- Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, are ranked among the Best Hospitals for heart and heart surgery by U.S. News & World Report.
- Mayo Clinic Children's Center in Rochester is ranked the No. 1 hospital in Minnesota, and the five-state region of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2024–2025 "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings.
With Mayo Clinic's emphasis on collaborative care, specialists at each of the campuses — Minnesota, Arizona and Florida — interact very closely with colleagues at the other campuses and the Mayo Clinic Health System.
Mayo Clinic Children's Center
Highly skilled pediatric experts diagnose and treat all types of conditions in children. As a team, we work together to find answers, set goals and develop a treatment plan tailored to your child's needs.
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Locations, travel and lodging
Mayo Clinic has major campuses in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota. The Mayo Clinic Health System has dozens of locations in several states.
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Costs and insurance
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Sept. 21, 2024