HLHS on the basis of a Nationwide Registry of Fetal Cardiac Pathology www.orpkp.pl

Abstract

Abstract Congenital anomalies of development are an important issue in terms of both medical and social problems. In Poland in the years 2004-2012, an increase of detection of congenital heart defects in the form of HLHS (in 2004 - 22 fetuses, in 2006 - 38 fetuses, in 2008 - 66 fetuses, in 2010 - 69, in 2012 - 79 fetuses was observed). In 2012, the Nationwide Registry of Fetal Cardiac Pathology in the form of heart defect HLHS occupied first place among the most frequently detected heart defects, 10.2% of all registered patients with heart defects.