Cardiac development and pediatric heart disease Flashcards
Two broad types of congenital heart disease?
Cyanotic lesions
Acyanotic lesions
Form the heart tube?
the paired endocardial tubes are brought into close proximity and fuse to create the heart tube, just as the visceral layer of the lateral plate mesoderm folds to form the gut tube
How does blood flow into the heart tube?
from inferior to superior
Form the myocardium?
The visceral mesoderm surrounding the endocardial tubes enlarges
actively beats after 22 days
Early heart regions and blood flow?
The blood flows inferior to superior
the inferior part becomes the atria, while the superior part becomes the ventricles, aorta and pulmonary arteries
from inferior to superior (regions)
- sinus venosos
- primitive ventricle
- ventricle
- bulbus cordis
- aortic sac
Aortic sac becomes?
aorta, pulmonary artery, aortic arches
Bulbus cordis becomes? (conus cordis, truncus arteriosus)
Right ventricle, proximal aorta, pulmonary trunk
Ventricle becomes?
Left ventricle
Primitive atrium becomes?
Right and left auricles and atrium
Sinus venosus becomes?
right atrium, vena cava, coronary sinus
4 steps to the development of the 4 chambered heart?
- the primitive atrium is divided into right and left atria
- the primitive ventricle is separated from the bulbus cords to form the left and right ventricles respectively
- the primitive atrium is separated from the primitive ventricle
- the conus cordis and the truncus arteriosus develop internal partitions to become the proximal aorta and pulmonary trunk
Primitive atrium divides into left and right?
- septum primum grows, leaves ostium primum open, endocardial cushions eventually close it
- cell death creates the ostium secundum
- septum secundum forms foramen ovale
PFO/ patent forament ovale?
normal at birth, not normal to stay open
25% normal pop may have it
opens during increased right heart pressure
can allow clots to enter the arterial circulation (stroke)
ASD/ atrial septal defect?
sporadic, more in females>men (septum secudum) 3 types/ areas: ostium secundum (midportion) ostium primun (lower portion) sinus venosus (junction of the right atrium and vena cava)
*prium and sinus venosus lesions more often associated with other defects
ASD presentation?
small lesions, often asymptomatic
characterisitc murmur may be heard on exam
large lesions can cause left to right shunt leading to right atrial enlargement, increased right heart pressures, and heart failure if left untreated
Treat ASD?
small lesions close spontaneously
small to med lesions cna be closed with transcatheter device
complicated leisions and/or large lesions usually close by surgical patch
Form the muscular portion of the interventricular septum?
region between the primitive ventricle and the bulbus cordis, grows upward
helps seperated the atrioventricular canal into right and left
Form the membranous portion of the interventricular septum?
the endocardial cushions
grows down to meet the muscular
VSD/ Ventricular septal defect?
most common CHD lesion
no direct genetic cause–
increased right in family members, increased incidence in chromosomal abnormalities
Typical classification of VSD?
Perimembranous (most common)
Muscular (less)
Supracristal (rare)
VSD presentation?
small lesion asymptomatic
characteristic murmur may be heard on exam
large lesions can cause left to right shunt leading to increased right pressures and heart failure if left untreated
VSD treatment?
small lesions may close spontaneously, but location matters
Spontaneous closure largely occurs before age 4 yo
in symptomatic patients, transcatheter device or surgical patch can be curative
Primitive atrium is separated from the primitive ventricle?
separated by the endocardial cushions
often seen on prenatal screening as a cross formed by the atriventricular valves, atrial septum, and ventricular septum
The fusing endocardial cushions leaves gaps that become what?
the left and right atrioventricular canals
What closes the atrioventricular canals?
closed by formation of the tricuspid valve on the right and bicuspid valve on the left
Atrioventricular canal defect?
aka endocardial cushion defect
partial or complete
Parial Atrioventricular canal defect?
essentially a severe low ASD or high VSD with the AV valves affected but present
Complete atrioventricular canal defect?
the av valves are not developed and all four chambers of the heart are contiguous
Form the heart valves?
ventricular mesenchyme below the atrioventricular canals “hollows out” leaving behind valves, chordae tendinae and papillary muscles