Cyanotic Heart Disease
Alternate Names : Right-To-Left Cardiac Shunt, Right-To-Left Circulatory Shunt
Definition
Cyanotic heart disease is a defect or group of defects in the structure or function of the heart or the great vessels, present at birth, consisting of abnormal blood flow from the right to the left part of the circulatory system (either at the level of the atria, the ventricles, or the great vessels).
This abnormal communication (called right-to-left shunt) results in poor oxygenation of the body and therefore cyanosis (bluish coloration of the body).
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