Acyanotic and Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease

Question 1

Give examples of acyanotic cardiac lesions

Answer 1

Acyanotic cardiac shunts include:

• Ventricular septal defects (VSD)
• Atrial septal defects (ASD)
• Patent ductus arteriosis (PDA)

Acyanotic cardiac obstructive lesions include:

• Aortic stenosis (Hypoplasia)
• Pulmonary stenosis (Valve, outflow, branch)
• Coarctation of the Aorta
• Mitral stenosis

Question 2

Give examples of cyanotic cardiac lesions

Note: 6Ts

Answer 2

Cyanotic cardiac lesions include:

• Tetralogy of Fallot
• Transposition of great arteries
• Truncus arteriosus
• Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
• Tricuspid valve abnormalities
• Ton of others
  
  • Hypoplastic left heart, double outlet right ventricle and pulmonary atresia

Question 3

What shunt leads to acyanotic heart disease?

Answer 3

Left to right shunting.

Question 4

What shunt leads to cyanotic heart disease?

Answer 4

Right to left shunting.