Cyanotic heart disease is a congenital heart defect which results
in low oxygen levels in the blood and causes the child's lips,
fingers, and toes to look blue (cyanosis).
Review Date: 10/12/2009
Reviewed By: Larry A. Weinrauch, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School, Cardiovascular Disease and Clinical Outcomes
Research, Watertown, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare
Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director,
A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
