Congenital Heart Defects Flashcards
What are the risk factors for acquiring congenital heart defects
Mother has diabetes, uses illicit drugs, viral infection, down syndrome
What occurs in fetal circulation up to the right atrium
Umbilical arteries to blood to the placenta where it becomes oxygenated, the umbilical veintakes oxygenated blood to ductus venous, ductus venous takes blood to the inferior vena cava, inferior vena cava dumps blood into the right atrium
How are the two weays blood moves in the fetal right atrium
Oxygenated blood will move from the right atrium to the left atrium through the foramen ovale then the left atrium will dump to the left ventricle for systemic circulation/ oxygenated blood will move into the right ventricle to pulmonary artery but moves to the aorta through the DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS (due to high pulmonary resistance) connection for systemic circulation
How can heart defects be diagnosed
Ultrasounds/echocardiogram, heart mumur, cyanosis, hypotensive extremity, widened pulse pressure
What are the acyanotic heart defects
Atrial septic defect (ASD), ventricular septic defect (VSD), endocardial cushion defects (AV canal/AVSD), PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS (PDA), Coarctation of the aorta (CoA)
What occurs in PDA defect
The ductus arteriousus doesn’t close causing oxygenated blood to leave the aorta to the pulmonary vein causing too much blood for the lungs and right side of the heart
How are PDA treated, MOA, what is the last resort
Indomethacin OR ibuprofen to close the ductus arteriousus, prostaglandin inhibitors to cause less prostaglandins to keep DA open, surgery
What are the doses for ibuprofen or indomethacin in PDA, side effects
Indomethacin: Every 12 hours for 3 doses, Ibuprofen: every 24 hours for 3 doses/ nephrotoxicity, low platelets, GI bleed/perforation
What is Coarctation of the aorta
Narrowing of the Aorta causing increased pressure before the narrowing and lower pressure after the narrowing causing different blood pressures at higher extremeties
How is CoA treated, complication, treatment of the complication
Surgery, rebound hypertension, beta blocker or ACEi
What are the cyanotic defects
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome, tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of the great arteries, Truncus arteriosus
What is hypoplastic left heart syndrome, what defects are present
Hypoplastic (under-developed) left heart cannot support systemic circulation, foramen ovale is still open, ductus arterious is needed to stay open for oxgenated blood to get to the aorta
What is given for hypoplastic left heart syndrome, why, administration, side effects
Prostaglandin E1, keeps the DA allowing for some oxygenated blood to enter the aorta, continuous IV administration through a large vein or umbilical artery catheter/ apnea, flushing, hypotension, fever (similar to sepsis)
What are the 3 surgeries needed to fix hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Norwood procedure (1st week): ligate the DA and place the aorta where the pulmonary artery used to be and add BT shunt to provide pulmonary blood flow from the aortic arc to reach the pulmonary artery/ Hemi-Fontan procedure (4-6 months): reduces the load of the right ventricle by removing the BT shunt and connecting the superior vena cava to the pulmonary artery/ Fontan procedure (two years): connects IVC to same pulmonary artery causing no blood to enter the right atrium allowing for the atrium to only receive oxygenated blood and pump systemically
What is Tetalogy of Fallot, what is given
Four seperate defects including: Ventricular septic defect (VSD), overidding aorta, pulmonary stenosis/artesia, Right ventricular hypertrophy/ PGE1 for pulmonary blood flow