Congenital Heart Disease Flashcards
Which congenital heart abnormality results in a continuous murmur?
PDA
Where is the PMI for PDA?
Systolic, diastolic, or continuous murmur?
PMI at left base
- often high grade continuous (IV-VI) murmur
(bc blood flowing from aorta back into pulmonary artery)
Cardiac exam findings on a dog with PDA?
- Continuous murmur with PMI at left base
- Often asymptomatic
- Normal or high HR
- Strong or “bounding” femoral pulses
- LV eccentric hypertrophy due to vol overload
Treatment for PDA?
Curable by
- surgical ligation
or
- trans-catheter occlusion (minimally invasive)
What is a pathognomonic finding in a patient with reverse PDA?
- Differential cyanosis
(cranial part of the patient is getting oxygenated blood, caudal half of the patient has cyanotic MM due to hypoxemia)
Treatment for right-to-left PDA?
(Reversed PDA)
- Not correctable
What type of hypertrophy is seen with subaortic stenosis?
- Concentric hypertrophy of LV
due to pressure overload to the left side of the heart
Subaortic stenosis is common in which breeds?
Large/giant breeds
- Newfy
- G. retriever
- Rotty
- GSD
- Boxer
Dogs > cats
PMI for subaortic stenosis?
Systolic, diastolic, or continous murmur?
Left basilar systolic murmur
(Left 4th ICS)
What can be seen on thoracic rads in a patient with subaortic stenosis?
- Prominent ascending aorta
- L-sided cardiomegaly
What determines the severity of subaortic stenosis and what diagnostic test shows this?
The estimated pressure gradient on a continuous wave doppler
- 4 x velocity squared
- < 50mmHg = mild
- < 50-80 = moderate
- < 81-130 = severe
True or False: Subaortic stenosis can lead to sudden death due to lethal ventricular arrhythmias
TRUE
- Can cause VPCs which can lead to V-tach, then V-fib… death
Treatment and Prognosis of subaortic stenosis?
- No curative tx
- Mild SAS: affected dogs are asymp and have normal lifespan (no tx indicated)
- Severe SAS: Atenolol (Beta blocker) decreases myocardial O2 demand, improves perfusion (increases time of diastole), and may reduce arrhythmias
__________ is a risk factor for ___________ regardless of severity, and should be given antibiotics for any potentially bacteremic episode like surgery, or if the patient is immunosuppressed
A. PDA
B. VSD
C. Subaortic stenosis
D. Pulmonic stenosis
C. Subaortic stenosis
Endocarditis
Which of the following results in concentric hypertrophy due to pressure overload to the right side of the heart?
A. PDA
B. VSD
C. Subaortic stenosis
D. Pulmonic stenosis
D. Pulmonic stenosis
Which of the following results in concentric hypertrophy due to pressure overload to the left side of the heart?
A. PDA
B. VSD
C. Subaortic stenosis
D. Pulmonic stenosis
C. Subaortic stenosis
What type of hypertrophy is seen with PDA?
Eccentric hypertrophy due to volume overload to the left side of the heart
Which of the following results in eccentric hypertrophy due to volume overload to the left side of the heart?
A. PDA
B. VSD
C. Subaortic stenosis
D. Pulmonic stenosis
B. VSD
What is the PMI for pulmonic stenosis?
Systolic, diastolic, or continuous murmur?
Left basilar systolic murmur
Out of all of the following congenital heart diseases, which are more common in cats>dogs? Select all that apply.
A. PDA
B. TVD
C. VSD
D. MVD
E. SAS
F. Pulmonic stenosis
G. AVSDs
H. Tetralogy of Fallot
B. TVD (tricuspid valve dysplasia/regurg)
C. VSD (ventricular septal defect)
D. MVD (mitral valve dysplasia/regurg)
G. AVSDs (AV septal defects)
What is the most common cause of cyanotic heart disease in cats and dogs?
Tetralogy of Fallot
Tetralogy of Fallot is a complex congenital heart disease consisting of:
- Pulmonic stenosis (PS)
- Secondary concentric hypertrophy to the RV
- Overriding aorta
- Ventricular septal defect (VSD)