1. Cardiac p21-28 (congenital) Flashcards
Most common aortic arch branching variant
Bovine arch (common origin of brachiocephalic trunk and right common carotid)
Definition of Left or Right arch
Relationship of aortic arch to trachea
Important types of right arch (2)
Right arch with mirror branching,
Right arch with aberrant left subclavian artery
Right arch w/aberrant left SCA anatomy (2)
Left SCA (aberrant) is the last branch.
Forms a vascular ring as the ligamentum arteriosum (on left) completes the ring encircling trachea
Right arch with mirror branching (clinical)
Commonly asymptomatic.
Right arch with mirror branching (associations) (2)
Strongly associated with congenital heart disease.
Most commonly associated with TOF, but more closely with Truncus.
Left arch, aberrant right subclavian - Trivia (2)
Commonest arch anomaly.
Origin of RSCA may be dilated (diverticulum of Kommerell)
Left arch, aberrant right subclavian - anatomy
RSCA is last branch, runs posterior to oesophagus and can cause dysphagia lusoria.
Double aortic arch - trivia
Commonest vascular ring.
Double aortic arch - clinical
Symptoms may begin at birth (tracheal compression, difficulty swallowing).
Double aortic arch - anatomy
Arches run posterior to oesophagus and anterior to trachea, encircling both.
Right arch is larger and higher than left.
Subclavian Steal Phenomenon/Syndrome (2)
Phenomenon: Occlusion in proximal subclavian (before giving off vertebral) causes retrograde flow in the ipsilateral vertebral artery.
Syndrome: above AND associated cerebral ischaemic symptoms
Subclavian steal - clinical
Exercising the affected upper limb triggers symptoms.
Subclavian steal - aetiology (5)
98% caused by atherosclerosis.
Other causes include:
- Takayasu (young),
- radiation
- pre-ductal coarctation
- Blalock-Taussig shunt.
CXR: Egg on String
Transposition
CXR: Snow man
TAPVR (Supracardiac)
CXR: Boot shaped
TOF
CXR: Figure 3
Coarctation
CXR: Box shaped heart
Ebstein
CXR: Scimitar sword
PAPVR with hypoplasia
Non-cardiac causes of high output failure (2)
Infantile haemangioendothelioma,
Vein of Galen malformation
Cyanotic with right sided arch (2)
TOF or Truncus
Increased pulmonary vascularity = Truncus
Decreased pulmonary vascularity = TOF
Cyanotic with left arch and massive heart (2)
Ebsteins
OR pulmonary atresia without VSD
Cyanotic with left arch and normal heart, increased pulmonary blood flow (4)
TAPVR (esp type 3)
D-transposition
Truncus (R arch)
Tingle ventricle
Cyanotic with left arch and normal heart, decreased/normal pulmonary blood flow (3)
TOF
Ebsteins
Pulmonary atresia
Cyanotic congenital heart diseases (6)
TOF
TAPVR
Transposition
Tricuspid atresia
Truncus arteriosus
Ebsteins
Non-cyanotic congenital heart diseases (5)
ASD
VSD
PDA
PAPVR
Aortic coarctation (adult type - post ductal)
CHF in newborn (5)
TAPVR (infracardiac, type III)
Congenital aortic or mitral stenosis
Left hypoplastic heart
Cor triatrium
Infantile (pre-ductal) coarctation
Survival dependent on PDA, VSD, PFO (5)
TOF (VSD)
Tricuspid atresia (VSD)
TAPVR (PFO)
Transposition
Hypoplastic left heart
Small Heart Ddx (3)
Adrenal insufficiency (addisons)
Cachexia
Constrictive pericarditis
VSD (trivia)
Commonest congenital heart disease.
VSD (types & Rx/prognosis) (3)
Membranous type is commonest (70%).
Outlet subtypes (infundibulum) must be repaired as right coronary cusp prolapses into the defect.
70% smaller ones close spontaneously