Tricuspid atresia history and symptoms

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Associate Editor-In-Chief: Keri Shafer, M.D. [mailto:kshafer@bidmc.harvard.edu] Priyamvada Singh, MBBS mailto:psingh@perfuse.org

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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