Markers of congenital heart disease

In congenital heart disease look for:

Abnormalities in height

• Upper segment/Lower segment inequality 
• Dwarfism
• Gigantism

Hands and arms examination

• Clubbing
• Cyanosis
• Syndactyly
• Polydactyly
• Arachnodactyly
• Absent radius
• Absent thumb
• Cubitus valgus

Eye examination

• Suffused conjunctiva of polycythemia

Face examination

• Hypertelorism
• Low set ears
• High arched palate
• Webbed neck

Chest examination

• Pectus excavatum
•  Scoliosis
• Shield chest

Abnormalities of abdomen

• Abdominal hernia
•  Cryptorchidism