Congenital heart disease (CHD) comprises an array of anatomic defects and clinical manifestations. Pediatric congenital heart disease is often categorized into cardiac abnormalities of the acyanotic and cyanotic types. Case presentation An infant, aged 10 days, was brought to the cardiology clinic for cyanosis, respiratory distress, tachypnea, subcostal retractions, and hypoxemia (SpO 2 91%). Family history The maternal family history included hypoplastic left heart syndrome (nephew) and transposition of the great arteries (uncle).
Medical examination ##Prenatal## The prenatal history recorded preeclampsia without severe features. Fetal echocardiography (ECG) revealed a large ventricular septal defect (VSD). However, no abnormality was detected in the valves, chambers, and ventricular outflow.## ##At birth## The infant was born at 39 weeks via spontaneous vaginal delivery, weighed 3.5…
