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Diseases » Blue baby » Glossary
 

Glossary for Blue baby

  • Baetz-Greenwalt syndrome: A rare condition where an infant is born with an underdeveloped right side of the heart which prevents the heart from pumping blood efficiently to the lungs.
  • Congenital heart defects: Heart defects that a baby is born with.
  • Cyanosis: Blueness or purple coloring of skin.
  • Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A rare condition where an infant is born with an underdeveloped left side of the heart which prevents the heart from pumping oxygenated blood efficiently to various parts of the body.
  • Sonoda syndrome: An extremely rare disorder characterized by a congenital heart defect, round face, retarded development, short stature and various facial anomalies.
  • Tetralogy of Fallot: A condition which is characterized pulmonary stenosis, interventricular septal defect, right ventricular hypertrophy and dextroposition of the aorta
  • Tricuspid atresia: A rare congenital malformation where the tricuspid valve is absent and hence the right atrium is not connected to the right ventricle


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