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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Keri Shafer, M.D. [2], Atif Mohammad, M.D.
Overview
Natural History
Complications
The outlook depends on the specific disorder.
Complications of cyanotic heart disease include:
- Abnormal heart rhythms and sudden death
- Chronic high blood pressure in the blood vessels of the lung
- Heart failure
- Infection in the heart
- Stroke
- Thrombosis/Hemorrhage
- Renal problems/gout
- Scoliosis/Arthropathy
- Gallstones: Due to increased RBC turnover