title: Recognition of Undiagnosed Neonatal Heart Disease.
abstract: Heart defects are the most common congenital malformation. Approximately 8000 infants per year in the United States require diagnosis in the newborn period to avoid severe injury or death. It is incumbent on the neonatologist and pediatrician to expeditiously detect the presence of symptomatic heart disease so that infants can be stabilized before cardiovascular decompensation. Evaluating infants and further categorizing them into the particular pathophysiology are necessary to stabilize them in anticipation of more definitive care by the pediatric cardiac team.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Heart Center, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco, UCSF, 550 16th Street, Mission Hall, 5th Floor, 5733, San Francisco, CA 94143-0544, USA. Electronic address: david.teitel@ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Teitel
mesh_terms: D003490:Cyanosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005183:Failure to Thrive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010547:Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: Aortic transposition; Cyanosis; Foramen ovale; Hypoperfusion; Left heart obstructive lesions; Left-to-right shunt; Pulmonary hypertension of the newborn; Right-to-left shunt