Current Paediatrics
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 421-428, October 2005

Understanding congenital heart disease

Department of Paediatric Cardiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK

Abstract 

This article outlines the relevance of cardiovascular pathophysiology in the clinical presentation and management of the most common congenital heart defects and introduces clinically important aspects of the fetal and perinatal circulations. Explanation of how the results of basic investigations, such as the electrocardiogram and the chest X-ray, relate to pathophysiology is also presented.

Keywords: Chest X-ray, Congenital heart disease, Electrocardiogram, Pathophysiology

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PII: S0957-5839(05)00062-X

doi:10.1016/j.cupe.2005.06.003

Current Paediatrics
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 421-428, October 2005

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