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. 2016 Jul 11;9:199–203. doi: 10.2147/MDER.S102146

Table 1.

Congenital heart disease lesions divided by likelihood of being detected by pulse oximetry

Primary targets Secondary targets Possibly screenable Not screenable
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome Interrupted aortic arch/aortic atresia Aortic stenosis with PDA Coarctation of the aorta without a PDA
Pulmonary atresia Coarctation of the aorta with PDA Pulmonary stenosis Ebstein’s anomaly without right-to-left shunt
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection Ebstein’s anomaly Complete atrioventricular canal Aortic stenosis without PDA
Transposition of the great arteries Double-outlet right ventricle Other left-to-right shunting lesions
Tetralogy of Fallot Single ventricle physiology
Tricuspid atresia
Truncus arteriosus communis

Notes: Primary and secondary targets are cardiac lesions that will have hypoxemia in the newborn period. Lesions are considered possibly screenable or not screenable because of lesser degree of hypoxemia.

Abbreviation: PDA, patent ductus arteriosus.