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Cyanosis echocardiography or ultrasound
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Echocardiography may be helpful in finding the cause of cyanosis. An echocardiogram diagnose and differentiate among different cyanotic congenital heart diseases.
Echocardiography
Echocardiography
- Echocardiography may be helpful in finding the cause of cyanosis. Findings on an echocardiogram suggestive of cyanotic congenital heart diseases include:
- Tetralogy of Fallot (to view echocardiographic findings, click here)
- Ebstein’s anomaly (to view echocardiographic findings, click here)
- Transposition of the great vessels (to view echocardiographic findings, click here)
- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection (to view echocardiographic findings, click here)
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (to view echocardiographic findings, click here)
References
References
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Amandeep Singh M.D.[2]