PRINTER'S NO. 3089
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
731
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY BRADFORD, BAKER, BIZZARRO, CALTAGIRONE, CONKLIN,
D. COSTA, DEAN, DiGIROLAMO, DUSH, FREEMAN, GILLEN, HEFFLEY,
HENNESSEY, HILL-EVANS, KINSEY, MARSICO, MILLARD, MILNE, MURT,
NEILSON, READSHAW, RYAN, SCHWEYER, SONNEY AND TOOHIL,
MARCH 9, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 9, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Designating March 6, 2018, as "Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Awareness Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a congenital
heart defect that occurs during fetal development and affects
the blood flow through the heart; and
WHEREAS, Approximately 1 in 4,344 babies born in the United
States each year is diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart
syndrome; and
WHEREAS, The syndrome can affect a number of structures on
the left side of the heart, including a left ventricle that is
underdeveloped, a mitral valve that is not formed or is very
small, an aortic valve that is not formed or is very small or
the ascending portion of the aorta may be underdeveloped; and
WHEREAS, In healthy children, the left side of the heart
pumps oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the body and the right
side of the heart pumps oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the
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