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Tricuspid atresia - Symptom
Alternative Names
Tri atresia
Symptoms:
- Cyanosis (bluish discoloration of the skin)
- Easily fatigued
- Shortness of breath (dyspnea)
- Clubbing of fingers or toes
- Heart failure
- Fast breathing
- Poor growth
Signs and tests:
This condition may be discovered during routine prenatal ultrasound imaging or when the baby is examined shortly after birth. Cyanosis may be present from birth. A heart murmur is generally present at birth and may increase in loudness over several months.
Tests may include the following:
- ECG
- Echocardiogram
- Chest x-ray
- Cardiac catheterization
- MRI of the heart
- Reviewed last on: 12/10/2007
- David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.; and Mark A Fogel, MD, FACC, FAAP, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Radiology, Director of Cardiac MR, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
References
Zipes DP, Libby P, Bonow RO, Braunwald E, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 8th ed. St. Louis, Mo; WB Saunders; 2007.
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