Cyanotic Heart Defect

 

  • Defects that allow the oxygenated and deoxygenated blood to mix.
  • Less oxygenated blood reaches the tissue of the body.
  • Results in bluish/purplish tint – cyanosis – to the skin, lips and nails.
  • This defect includes:

Tetralogy of Fallot

Transposition of the great vessels

Pulmonary atresia

Total anomalous pulmonary venous return

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Tricuspid valve abnormalities

Truncus Arteriosus