Structural congenital heart disease in the newborn. Its differentiation from nonstructural cardiac or pulmonary disease.

Abstract

This article discusses structural congenital heart disease in the newborn. Emphasis is given to the clinical and laboratory diagnosis including the indication for cardiac catheterization and angiography. The discussion includes the group of cyanotic, noncyanotic and other structural congenital heart diseases, as well as the group of neonatal cardiopulmonary distress without structural heart disease. An outline of the general management of these entities is included in the presentation.