Cyanotic heart defect natural history, complications and prognosis

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The outlook depends on the specific disorder.

Complications of cyanotic heart disease include:

• Abnormal heart rhythms and sudden death
• Chronic high blood pressure in the blood vessels of the lung
• Heart failure
• Infection in the heart
• Stroke
• Brain Abscess
• Thrombosis/Hemorrhage
• Renal problems/gout
• Scoliosis: 3 times more common in these patients
• Gallstones: Due to increased RBC turnover

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