cyanotic congenital heart disease

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In cardiovascular disease: Congenital heart disease
In the cyanotic varieties, a shunt bypasses the lungs and delivers venous (deoxygenated) blood from the right side of the heart into the arterial circulation. The infant’s nail beds and lips have a blue colour due to the excess deoxygenated blood in the system. Some infants with…
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In cardiovascular disease: Cyanotic cardiovascular abnormalities
The first attempt to treat “blue babies” affected with cyanotic abnormalities was performed by the American physicians Alfred Blalock and Helen B. Taussig in 1944. This procedure transformed the outlook for cyanotic children and for the first time made survival
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