Tricuspid atresia history and symptoms

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History and symptoms

Patients with a tricuspid atresia may present with symptoms such as:

• Progressive cyanosis
• Poor feeding
• Tachypnea over the first 2 weeks of life
• Holosystolic murmur due to the VSD
• Superior axis deviation and left ventricular hypertrophy (since it must pump blood to both the pulmonary and systemic systems)
• Normal heart size
• Easily fatigued
• Dyspnea
• Poor growth and failure to thrive