Five Ts of cyanotic congenital heart disease (mnemonic)
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A mnemonic to remember the most important congenital heart defects associated with cyanosis is the five T's.
Mnemonic
- T: tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
- T: transposition of the great arteries (TGA)
- T: truncus arteriosus
- T: total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR)
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T: tricuspid valve abnormalities
(TVA)and hypoplastic right heart syndrome
Though the mnemonic covers the most important entities, there are numerous other combined and isolated cyanotic cardiac abnormalities.
-<p>A <strong>mnemonic </strong>to remember the most important <a title="Cyanotic congenital heart disease" href="/articles/cyanotic-congenital-heart-disease">congenital heart defects associated with cyanosis</a> is the <strong>five T's</strong>.</p><h4>Mnemonic</h4><ul>- +<p>A <strong>mnemonic </strong>to remember the most important <a href="/articles/cyanotic-congenital-heart-disease">congenital heart defects associated with cyanosis</a> is the <strong>five T's</strong>.</p><h4>Mnemonic</h4><ul>
-<strong>T:</strong> <a title="Transposition of the great arteries" href="/articles/transposition-of-the-great-arteries">transposition of the great arteries</a> (TGA)</li>- +<strong>T:</strong> <a href="/articles/tetralogy-of-fallot">tetralogy of Fallot</a> (TOF)</li>
-<strong>T:</strong> <a title="Tetralogy of Fallot" href="/articles/tetralogy-of-fallot">tetralogy of Fallot</a> (TOF)</li>- +<strong>T:</strong> <a href="/articles/transposition-of-the-great-arteries">transposition of the great arteries</a> (TGA)</li>
-<strong>T:</strong> <a title="Truncus arteriosus" href="/articles/truncus-arteriosus">truncus arteriosus</a>- +<strong>T:</strong> <a href="/articles/truncus-arteriosus">truncus arteriosus</a>
-<strong>T:</strong> <a title="Total anomalous pulmonary venous return" href="/articles/total-anomalous-pulmonary-venous-return">total anomalous pulmonary venous return</a> (TAPVR)</li>- +<strong>T:</strong> <a href="/articles/total-anomalous-pulmonary-venous-return">total anomalous pulmonary venous return</a> (TAPVR)</li>
-<strong>T:</strong> tricuspid valve abnormalities (TVA) and <a title="Hypoplastic right heart syndrome" href="/articles/hypoplastic-right-heart-syndrome">hypoplastic right heart syndrome</a>- +<strong>T:</strong> tricuspid valve abnormalities and <a href="/articles/hypoplastic-right-heart-syndrome">hypoplastic right heart syndrome</a>