Postnatal Detection and Diagnosis
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Congenital heart disease Microchapters |
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Differentiating Congenital heart disease from other Disorders |
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Diagnosis |
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Treatment |
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Case Studies |
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Postnatal Detection and Diagnosis On the Web |
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American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Postnatal Detection and Diagnosis |
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Risk calculators and risk factors for Postnatal Detection and Diagnosis |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Associate Editor-In-Chief: Keri Shafer, M.D. [2]
Associate Editor-In-Chief::Atif Mohammad, M.D.
After delivery, if congenital heart disease is present but has not been detected, then a newborn baby may appear blue or breathless. Signs of CHD are sometimes mistaken for an infection or illness, so it is important to rule this out. Blueness and/or breathlessness may take some time to present, depending on the type of congenital heart disease and whether there is a duct-dependent lesion (i.e. one relying on an open ductus arteriosis for blood flow). This duct usually closes within the first three days of life in babies born at term (i.e. at nine months gestation).
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