Cardiology Flashcards
Why is pressure bigger in * atrium in fetal life?
Pressure in RA is bigger bc receives blood from placenta and systemic return
What happens w pressure when taking first breath?
Resistance in pulmonary blood flow decrease which makes pressure to left atrium bigger which also close the foramen ovale flap
How long does it take for ductus arteriosus to close?
Within few hrs to days
What is the typical presentation of congenital heart disease?
- Shock
- Cyanosis
- Murmur
- Heart failure
- Antenatal dx
How is antenatal dx of cong. HD
- 18-20wg
- 70 % requiring surgery first 6 m are detected
- Risk factors: Down sd, previous child w CHD or mother w CHD
What characterize an innocent murmur?
1) aSymptomatic
2) Soft blowing
3) Systolic
4) left Sternal edge
5) normal sounds, no added
6) no parasternal thrill
7) no radiation
- Are often heard w febrile illness or anemia bc of increased CO
What are the symptoms of heart failure?
- Breathlessness, esp w feeding or excertion
- Sweating
- Poor feeding
- Recurrent chest inf
What are the signs of HF?
- Poor weight gain / faltering growth
- Tachypnea
- Tachycardia
- Heart murmur, gallop rhythm
- Enlarged heart
- Hepatomegaly
- Cool peripheries
Signs of RHF
- Are rare in developed countries
- May be seen w: 1) long standing rheumatic HD 2) Pulm. HT 3) Tricusp regurg 4)Right atrial dilatation
- Ankle edema, sacral edema, ascites
What is Eisenmenger sd
Irreversibly raised pulmonary vascular resistance from chronically raised pulmonary artery pressure and flow
What are the causes of HF in neonates
- Obstructed (duct dependent) systemic circulation
- 1) Hypoplastic left heart sd 2) Critical aortic valve stenosis 3) Severe coarctation of aorta 4) Interruption of aortic arch
What are the causes of HF in infants
- High pulmonary blod flow
- 1) VSD 2) AVSD 3) Large persistent ductus arteriosus
Cause of HF in older child
- Right or left HF
- 1) Eisenmenger sd (right HF only) 2) Rheumatic HD 3) Cardiomyopathy
What is peripheral cyanosis
- Blue hands and feet
- May occur when child is cold or unwell
- other cause is polycythemia
What is central cyanosis
- Seen on the tongue as blue color
- ass. w. fall in arterial blood oxygen tension
- seen clinically when Hb exceeds 50 g/L (less pronounced in anemic child)
What is the limit sats
more or 94%
What are the causes of cyanosis + resp. distress
- Cardiac disorder
- Resp disorder: surfactant def., meconium asp., pulm hypoplasia
- Persistent pulm. HT (failure of vascular resistance to fall)
- Infection
- IEM
How to dx cong. HD
- CXR
- ECG: arrhythmia, superior QRS axis, RV hypertrophy, LV ..
- Echo + Doppler
- Pitfalls w ECG: RBBB are mostly normal in children unless ASD, sinus arrhythmia is normal finding
Left to right shunt cong. HD
- Breathless og asymptomatic
- ASD, VSD, PDA
Right to left shunt cong. HD
- Cyanosis
- ToF, TGA
Common mixing cong. HD
- Breathless and blue
- AVDS, complex long. HD
Well children w obstruction
- Asymptomatic
- AS, PS, adult type CoA
Sich neonate w obstruction
- Collapsed w shock
- Coarction, HLHS
What is the most common cong. HD
VSD, about 30%
Small VSD
- Smaller than aortic valve, up to 3mm
- Are asymptomatic
- loud pansystolig murmur at lower left sternal edge, quiet pulm. sound
- will close spontaneously
Large VDS
- Same size or bigger than aortic valve
- 1) HF w dyspnea 2) faltering growth after 1w 3) recurrent chest inf 4) TP, TC 5) enlarged liver 6) soft pan systolic murmur or no murmur, apical mid-diastolic murmur 7) loud pulm. 2.nd sound
- CXR: cardiomegaly, enlarged pulm. arteries, increased pulm markings/ edema
- MX: HF drugs ( diuretic w captopril), added calorie input, surgery at 3-6m
What are the types of ASD
- Secundum: 80%, defect in centre of atrial septum, involving foramen ovale
- Primum (AVSD)/ partial : Interarterial communication btw bottom of atrial septum and AV-valves, abnormal AV-valves (3 leafs and tend to leak)
What are the S&S of ASD
- Symp: none, recurrent chest inf/wheeze, arrhythmias (4th decade)
- Sign: ejection systolic murmur at upper left sternal edge, fixed widely split second sound,
- w partial: apical pansystolic murmur from Av valve regurgitation
DX in ASD
CXR: cardiomegaly, enlarged puilm. arteries and increased vascular markings
ECG secundum: partial RBBB, right axis deviation( ventricular enlargement)
ECG partial: superior QRS bc middle part (AV node) is diplace, conducts to ventricles superiorly
Echo: mainstay of DX
TX in ASD
- Only significant will require TX (large enough to cause RV dilatation)
- Seccundum: catheterization w insertion of occlusion device
- Partial ASD need surgical correction
- Tx usually at 3-5 yrs to prevent RHF
PDA explaination
- Failed to close 1 m after expected delivery
- Due to defect in contrictor mechanism of the duct
- After fall of pulm. resistance the flow goes from aorta to pulm artery
- In preterm caused by prematurity
Clinical features of PDA
- Continous murmur at left clavicle
- increased pulse pressure
- w large duct HF and HT
Dx of PDA
- CXR and ECG are normal
- Echo is 1st line
TX of PDA
- Closure abolish lifelong risk of bact. endocarditis and pulm disease
- Closed w coil or occlusion device by catheters at 1 yr, sometimes surgical ligation
How is the right to left shunts presentation
cyanosis (sats 94% or below) usually in first week of life
How do you determine HD in cyanosed neonate
Hyperoxia (nitrogen washout ) test
- Placed on 100% O2 for 10min
- Right radial arterial partial pressure of O2 from ABG remains low (<15kPa, 113 mmHg) -> dx of cyanotic HD can be made if lung disease & persistent pulm HT are excluded
- If PaO2 > 20 kPa -> not cyanotic HD
Mx of cyanosed neonate
- ABC w artificial ventilation if necessary
- Start prostaglandin infusion 5ng/kg per min, most are duct dependent
- Observe potential SE: apnea, jitteriness, seizures, flushing, hypotension
Most common cause of cyanotic cong. HD
ToF
Clinical features of Tof
- A large VSD
- Overriding of the aorta w respect to the ventricular septum
- Subpulmonary stenosis causing right ventricular outflow tract obstruction
- Right ventricular hypertrophy
S&S of Tof
Symp: Dx antenatally, murmur in 1st 2 m of life
Sign: clubbing of fingers/toes in older child, loud harsh ejection systolic murmur at left sternal edge from day 1
CXR in Tof
1) Small heart w boot shape (RV hypertrophy) 2) Right sided aortic arch 3) pulm. artery bay 4) Concavety on the left heart border 5) decreased pulm. markings
ECG in Tof
Normal at birth, RV hypertrophy when older
Echo in Tof
will demonstrate cardinal features
MX of Tof
- Surgery at 6 m closing VSD and relieving RV obstruction
- W severe cyanosis -> shunt btw subclavian artery and pulm. artery (Blalock- Taussing shunt) or baloon dilatation of RV outflow
- Hypercyanotic spells: usually self limiting but if >15 min: sedation and pain relief, IV propanolol, IV volume admin, bicarbonate (acidosis), muscle paralysis and artificial ventilation
TGA explain
- Aorta connected to RV
- Pulm artery connected to LV (discordant ventriculo- arterial connection)
- Blue blood returned to body
- Pink blood returned to lung
- Two parallell circuits which are incompatible w life
ass anomalies w TGA
VSD, ASD, PDA
Clinical features of TGA
- Cyanosis if predominant sx, profound. Presents on 2nd day w ductus closure. Less severe w ass anomalies
- 2nd heart sound is loud and single
- Usually no murmur, bur may be systolic murmur from increased flow or stenosis within LV