Study note

Age-related presentation of congenital heart disease

THE CONTEXT

Congenital heart disease can present throughout life, with different manifestations and postoperative complications appearing at different ages.

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Cyanosis and heart failure are listed as presentations at birth and during the neonatal period.

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During infancy and childhood, presentations include cyanosis, heart failure, arrhythmia, a murmur and failure to thrive.

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Presentations include heart failure, a murmur, arrhythmia and Eisenmenger syndrome.

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Hypertension is listed in association with coarctation.

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Previous cardiac surgery may be followed by arrhythmia related to scarring or heart failure secondary to scarring.

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