There are over 30 different types of congenital heart defects which fall into three main categories: Septal defects, Obstruction defects and Cyanotic heart disease. Septal defects are commonly ...

Congenital heart disease ... with an elevated risk of IE: cyanotic CHD (adjusted rate ratio, 6.44), endocardial cushion defects (adjusted rate ratio, 5.47) and left-sided lesions (adjusted ...

The introduction of surgical repair for most congenital heart defects has ... unoperated or surgically palliated cyanotic heart disease or Eisenmenger physiology; patients with repaired ...

Prostaglandin E1 is responsible for keeping the ductus open and thus in certain cyanotic congenital heart defects where the only ... arterial pressure is 25/5 mmHg. Thus in systole there is ...