Acyanotic heart defect
An acyanotic heart defect, is a class of congenital heart defects. In these, blood is shunted (flows) from the left side of the heart to the right side of the heart, most often due to a structural defect (hole) in the interventricular septum. People often retain normal levels of oxyhemoglobin saturation in systemic circulation.
| Acyanotic heart defect | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Non-cyanotic heart defect |
| Ventricular septum | |
| Specialty | Cardiology |
This term is outdated, because a person with an acyanotic heart defect may show cyanosis (turn blue due to insufficient oxygen in the blood).
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