Cyanotic congenital heart diseases beginning with T
The 5 Ts
A cyanotic newborn who does not improve with oxygen needs urgent echocardiography.
Leaves out other cyanotic lesions such as Ebstein's anomaly and pulmonary atresia.
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The 5 Ts. It helps you recall: Cyanotic congenital heart diseases beginning with T.
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
T: Tetralogy of Fallot; T: Transposition of the great arteries; T: Truncus arteriosus; T: Tricuspid atresia; T: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
It belongs to Congenital heart disease in Pediatrics.
Leaves out other cyanotic lesions such as Ebstein's anomaly and pulmonary atresia.
A cyanotic newborn who does not improve with oxygen needs urgent echocardiography.
Say it aloud, write it from memory tomorrow, then again in a week. Then test yourself on a Pediatrics question about Congenital heart disease.
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