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Here are some helpful articles for those searching for HLHS-related issues:

The Heart Surgery Forum has published many articles on HLHS. 

Jan 22, 2001:  South Bend Tribune article on HLHS entitled Heart to Heart Effort. (fee to view)

Jan 14, 2001:  Delaware Newsjournal article on HLHS entitled Truly at the Heart of the Matter. 

Nov 29, 2000:  A follow-up article Tearing at Childrens Heart.  Describes some of the less pleasant aspects of heart center coordination.

Nov. 6, 2000:  Philadelphia Childrens Hospital reports on 15 years of surgery for HLHS.

Nov. 1, 1998:  Angels on the Internet, a story about Shao-Shao, a Chinese boy with a similar heart defect appeared in the November '98 Reader's Digest.  This story was also recently featured on Oprah.

Feb. 2, 1999:  Mother Uses Web to Raise Awareness for Little Heart Patients, by Stacy Wong, Hartford Courant.

Dec. 1, 1999:  Kids in Crisis - from the December 1999 Ladies Home Journal

Mar. 31, 1997:  Major Surgery on Tiny Hearts about HLHS treatment at Seattle Childrens.  Note that a lot has changed since this article was written.

Please submit any other HLHS articles you have run across.

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