RT Book, Section
A1 Gomella, Tricia Lacy
A1 Cunningham, M. Douglas
A1 Eyal, Fabien G.
A1 Tuttle, Deborah J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1107528495
T1 Congenital Heart Disease
T2 Neonatology: Management, Procedures, On-Call Problems, Diseases, and Drugs, 7e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071768016
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107528495
RD 2024/04/25
AB The  diagnostic  dilemma  of  the  newborn  with  congenital  heart  disease  must  be  resolved  quickly  because  therapy  may  prove  lifesaving  for  some  of  these  infants.  Congenital  heart  disease  occurs  in  ∼1%  of  live-born  infants.  Nearly  half  of  all  cases  of  congenital  heart  disease  are  diagnosed  during  the  first  week  of  life.  In  patients  with  complex  congenital  heart  disease,  neonatal  hospital  mortality  can  be  as  high  as  7%.  These  patients  have  a  high  frequency  of  multiple  congenital  anomalies,  syndromes,  low  birthweight,  and  prolonged  length  of  stay.  The  most  frequently  occurring  anomalies  seen  during  this  first  week  are  patent  ductus  arteriosus  (PDA),  D-transposition  of  the  great  arteries,  hypoplastic  left  heart  syndrome  (HLHS),  tetralogy  of  Fallot  (TOF),  and  pulmonary  atresia.