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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of critical and serious congenital heart disease

From: Can echocardiographic screening in the early days of life detect critical congenital heart disease among apparently healthy newborns?

CHD

Screening method

Clinical findings

Age at intervention

Outcome

Cardiac catheterization

Surgery

Critical CHD

 SV

FUS

Cyanosis (SpO2: 30%)

-

4 days

Alive

 SV & CoA

FUS

No

-

15 days

Alive

Serious CHD

 TAPVC

PE

Heart murmur

Cyanosis

(SpO2: 91–94%)

-

29 days

Alive

 PA & DORV

FUS

Heart murmur

-

1 month

Alive

 AVSD

FUS

No

2 months

3 months

Alive

 TOF

PE

Heart murmur

-

6 months

Alive

 TOF

FUS

Heart murmur

4 months

10 months

Alive

 TOF

PE

Heart murmur

6 months

10 months

Alive

 TOF

FUS

No

7 months

11 months

Alive

  1. CHD congenital heart disease, FUS fetal ultrasound, PE physical examination, SV single ventricle, CoA coarctation of aorta, TAPVC total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, PA pulmonary atresia, DORV double-outlet right ventricle, AVSD atrial ventricular septal defect, TOF tetralogy of Fallot, SpO2 oxygen saturation