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Cyanosis electrocardiogram
Introduction
Overview
Overview
An ECG may be helpful in the diagnosis of congenital cyanotic heart disease and helps differentiate the causes of cyanotic heart disease.
Electrocardiogram
Electrocardiogram
- An ECG may be helpful in the finding the cause of cyanosis. It helps differentiate among the causes of cyanosis:
- Tetralogy of Fallot (to view electrocardiogram findings, click here)
- Transposition of the great vessels (to view electrocardiogram findings, click here)
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (to view electrocardiogram findings, click here)
- Ebstein’s anomaly (to view electrocardiogram findings, click here)
- Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (to view electrocardiogram findings, click here)
- Pulmonary hypertension (to view electrocardiogram findings, click here)
- Pulmonary embolism (to view electrocardiogram findings, click here)
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