FOUR IMPORTANT CONGENITAL CARDIAC CONDITIONS CAUSING CYANOSIS TO BE DIFFERENTIATED FROM THE TETRALOGY OF FALLOT: TRICUSPID ATRESIA, EISENMENGER'S COMPLEX, TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT VESSELS, AND A SINGLE VENTRICLE

Abstract

Four cases of congenital heart disease of the cyanotic type (morbus caeruleus) are presented in an attempt to help differentiate them from the more common tetralogy of Fallot. These 4 cases were (1) tricuspid atresia, (2) Eisenmenger''s complex, (3) single ventricle, and (4) transposition of the great vessels. The first 3 cases had in common a systolic murmur audible in variable degrees of intensity; the last case showed no murmur. Tricuspid atresia alone presented left axis deviation in the electrocardiogram.