Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease

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Definition

Cyanotic heart disease is a heart defect, present at birth (congenital), that results in low blood oxygen levels. There may be more than one defect.


Alternative Names

Right-to-left cardiac shunt; Right-to-left circulatory shunt


Causes, incidence, and risk factors

Normally, blood returns from the body and flows through the heart and lungs. It will then leave the heart with enough oxygen to supply the body's tissues.

Heart defects can change the way blood flows through the heart and lungs....

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