What is the outlook for babies with cyanotic heart disease?

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What is the outlook for babies with cyanotic heart disease?

Babies with cyanotic heart disease need surgery to survive. Still, mortality is high. About 75% of babies with CCHD survive one year, and about 69% survive 18 years.

Because of low oxygen and congenital heart defects, children with CCHD are at risk for:

  • Developmental delays.
  • Arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm).
  • Heart failure.
  • Sudden cardiac arrest.
  • Stroke.

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