Congenital and Acquired heart disease Heart Disease

Question 1

Septal defects

Answer 1

Congenital HD
where there’s a hole between two of the heart’s
chambers (commonly referred to as a “hole in the heart”)

Question 2

Coarctation of the aorta

Answer 2

Congenital HD
aorta is narrower than normal

Question 3

Pulmonary valve stenosis

Answer 3

Congenital HD
pulmonary valve is narrower than normal

Question 4

Transposition of the great arteries

Answer 4

Congenital HD
where the pulmonary and aortic valves and the arteries they’re connected to have swapped positions

Question 5

Patent ductus arteriosus

Answer 5

Congenital HD
this is when the ductus arteriosus that is
present in fetal circulation does not close after birth.

Question 6

Kawasaki disease

Answer 6

Acquired heart disease
Occurs in children under the age of 5, and causes
inflammation of the blood vessels that can result in damage to the coronary arteries and a widening of the vessel called an aneurysm, cause unknown.

Question 7

Cardiomyopathy

Answer 7

Acquired heart disease
When cardiomyopathy occurs, the normal muscle in the
heart can thicken, stiffen, thin out, or fill with substances the body produces that do not belong in the heart muscle