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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Amandeep Singh M.D.[2]

Overview

A chest x-ray may be helpful in the diagnosis of congenital heart diseases leading central cyanosis and other life-threatening causes of cyanosis such as pneumothorax, tamponade, pulmonary edema.

A Chest x-ray may be helpful in the diagnosis of congenital heart diseases which cause central cyanosis and differentiating cyanosis caused from peripheral cyanosis.
Findings on an x-ray suggestive of cyanosis include:

Disease	Main X ray finding	X ray	For more X ray findings
Atrioventricular canal defect	Cardiomegaly with increased pulmonary vascular markings		click here
Ebstein anomaly	Box shaped heart	Case courtesy of Dr Vincent Tatco^[1]	click here
Pulmonary atresia(PA)	PA-VSD=Mild cardiomegaly PA-IVS(Intact Intraventricular Septum) = Severe cardiomegaly	Case courtesy of Dr Henry Knipe^[2]	click here
Tetralogy of Fallot	Boot shaped heart	Case courtesy of Dr Vincent Tatco^[3]	click here
Total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage	Snowman appearance or figure of 8	Case courtesy of Dr Vincent Tatco^[4]	click here
Transposition of the great vessels	Egg on a string	Case courtesy of Dr Vincent Tatco^[5]	click here