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'''Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief:''' [[User:KeriShafer|Keri Shafer, M.D.]] [mailto:kshafer@bidmc.harvard.edu], Atif Mohammad, M.D. | {{CMG}} '''Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief:''' [[User:KeriShafer|Keri Shafer, M.D.]] [mailto:kshafer@bidmc.harvard.edu], Atif Mohammad, M.D.; {{KD}} | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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*Infection in the heart | *Infection in the heart | ||
*[[Stroke]] | *[[Stroke]] | ||
* Brain Abscess | |||
* Thrombosis/Hemorrhage | * Thrombosis/Hemorrhage | ||
* Renal problems/gout | * Renal problems/gout | ||
* Scoliosis | * Scoliosis: 3 times more common in these patients | ||
* Gallstones: Due to increased RBC turnover | * Gallstones: Due to increased RBC turnover | ||
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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.; Kalsang Dolma, M.B.B.S.[3]
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
- Brain Abscess
- Thrombosis/Hemorrhage
- Renal problems/gout
- Scoliosis: 3 times more common in these patients
- Gallstones: Due to increased RBC turnover