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Endocardial cushion defect aka:
Atrioventricular defect
What is the bat wing sign?
Sonographic appearance of a fetal unilateral pleural effusion
Bochdalek hernia:
when the abdo contents herniate into the chest cavity because of an opening in the left posterolateral portion of the diaphragm
herniates through the foramen of Bochdalek
Chordae tendinae:
Tendon resembling fibrous cords of connective tissue that connect the valves to the papillary muscles
What does the ductus arteriosus connect
Pulmonary artery to the aortic arch
What does the ductus venosus connect
Umbilical vein to the IVC
Ebstein anomaly:
the malformation of the tricuspid valve that causes multiple heart defects. More inferiorly located?
What is the lack of muscle in the dome of the diaphragm called?
eventration of the diaphragm
What’s the difference between foramen of Bochdalek and Morgagni?
Bochdalek- left posterolateral
Margagni- right anteromedial
In hypoplastic left/right heart syndrome, what’s affected?
Ventricles
What’s the amniotic fluid test to check for lung maturity?
Lecithin to sphingomyelin ratio
Normally as lungs develop, lecithin increases and sphingomyelin decreases
What holds in place the heart valves?
Papillary muscle
Pentalogy of Cantrell:
omphalocele ectopic cordis cleft sternum anterior diaphragmatic defect pericardial defects
What is pulmonary atresia?
The absence of a pulmonary valve which in turn prohibits blood flow from the right ventricle into the pulmonary artery and to the lungs
What’s a separate mass of nonfunctioning lung tissue with its own blood supply called?
Pulmonary sequestration