congenital heart defects
Inborn cardiac abnormalities
Congenital heart defects are structural abnormalities of the heart present from birth.
They range from minor conditions requiring no treatment to life-threatening malformations needing immediate surgery.
Common types include holes between heart chambers, narrowed valves, and improperly formed vessels.
The baby was born with a congenital heart defect that required open-heart surgery at three days old.
Blue skin from low oxygen
- heart murmurAbnormal cardiac sound
- failure to thriveInadequate childhood growth diagnosis
- tachypneaAbnormally quick breathing rate
- clubbingVisiting nightclubs for entertainment
poor feeding · oxygen saturation · blue baby · shunt · hypoxemia · syncope · arrhythmia
Medical procedure restoring function
- heart transplantReplacing a failing pump
- prostaglandinLipid compound affecting inflammation
- valve replacementInstalling new heart flap
- stentImplanted tube for blockages
Ultrasound of the heart
- fetal ultrasoundSound-based imaging of unborn
- prenatal screeningMedical tests before birth
- electrocardiogramHeart's electrical activity record
- DopplerMotion-caused frequency change
amniocentesis · nuchal translucency · anatomy scan · neonatologist
Relating to genetic structures
- syndromeLinked symptoms forming pattern
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- hereditaryPassed through generations
- familialPertaining to relatives
Down syndrome · DiGeorge syndrome · trisomy · inheritance · carrier · family history · geneticist · prenatal testing
tetralogy of Fallot
Quadruple congenital heart anomaly
cyanosis
Blue skin from low oxygen
- heart murmurAbnormal cardiac sound
- failure to thriveInadequate childhood growth diagnosis
- tachypneaAbnormally quick breathing rate
clubbing · poor feeding · oxygen saturation · blue baby · shunt · hypoxemia · syncope · arrhythmia
surgical repair
Medical procedure restoring function
- heart transplantReplacing a failing pump
- prostaglandinLipid compound affecting inflammation
- valve replacementInstalling new heart flap
echocardiogram
Ultrasound of the heart
- fetal ultrasoundSound-based imaging of unborn
- prenatal screeningMedical tests before birth
- electrocardiogramHeart's electrical activity record
Doppler · amniocentesis · nuchal translucency · anatomy scan · neonatologist
chromosomal
Relating to genetic structures
- syndromeLinked symptoms forming pattern
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- hereditaryPassed through generations
familial · Down syndrome · DiGeorge syndrome · trisomy · inheritance · carrier · family history · geneticist · prenatal testing · karyotype
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- cardiologyheart attack, heart failure, heart rate, heartbeat, cardiologist
- Genetic Conditionscystic fibrosis, sickle cell, hemophilia, Huntington's disease, Huntington's
- heart conditionsheart failure, heart disease, heart attack, arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy
- birth defectsmalformation, cleft lip, cleft palate, spina bifida, anencephaly
- Heart Developmentheart chambers, fetal heart, heart valves, endocardium, myocardium
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