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Congenital Heart Disease, Cyanotic Updated 12/2010

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BASICS

  • Description
  • Etiology

DIAGNOSIS

  • Signs and Symptoms
  • Essential Workup
  • Tests
  • Differential Diagnosis

TREATMENT

  • Initial Stabilization
  • ED Treatment
  • Medication (Drugs)
  • In-patient Considerations

Ongoing Care

  • Follow-Up Recommendations
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BASICS
Description
  • Aberrant embryonic development results in mixing of deoxygenated and oxygenated blood returning to systemic circulation by 2 mechanisms:
    • Right-to-left intracardiac shunt
    • Anatomic defects of the aortic root
  • Subtypes: 5 T’s, 2 E’s, single ventricle:
    • Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF):
      • Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
      • Right ventricular (RV) outflow obstruction
      • Overriding aorta
      • RV hypertrophy (RVH)
    • Transposition of the great arteries (TGA):
      • Aorta arises from RV and pulmonary artery from left ventricle (LV)
    • Tricuspid atresia:
      • No outlet from right atrium to RV
      • Obligatory atrial level connection
    • Truncus arteriosus:
      • Single arterial trunk for systemic, pulmonic and carotid circulations
    • Total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR):
      • Pulmonary veins drain into systemic venous circulation
      • Supracardiac, cardiac, infracardiac, or mixed
    • Ebstein anomaly of ...
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A case of complex congenital heart disease. Patient has situs inversus, dextrocardia, is status-post tetralogy of Fallot repair, and presents with symptoms of right-sided heart failure. A: Axial gradient echo images showing dextrocardia and right ventricular dilation. B: Sagittal gradient-echo images showing free pulmonary regurgitation (arrow) at the site of previous infundibular resection.Credit: Topol EJ, Califf RM, etal. Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.
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