Congenital Heart Disease Flashcards
What is the definition of congenital heart disease?
Abnormalities of the heart’s structure that are present at birth
Congenital heart disease affects ____ out of every ____ newborns.
1 out of every 125
Each year, more than ____-____ babies in the United States are born with congenital heart defects.
35,000 - 40,000
What are the three types of CHD?
Shunt lesions, obstructive lesions, and cyanotic lesions.
What are some examples of shunt lesions?
ASD, VSD, PDA, PFO
What are some examples of obstructive lesions?
Pulmonary stenosis, pulmonary atresia, tricuspid atresia, or Ebstein’s anomaly.
What are some examples of cyanotic lesions?
Double outlet right ventricle (DORV), Total anomalous pulmonary vein return (TAPVR), Transposition of the great arteries (TGA), Truncus arteriosus, Single ventricle, Eisenmenger syndrome, Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF).
The endocardium and the cardiac jelly participate in the formation of the ____.
Endocardial cushions
The outer myocardial mantle eventually becomes the ____.
Muscular wall of the heart
What are the five areas of the heart tube?
Sinus venosus, common atrium, common ventricle, bulbus cordis, truncus anteriosus.
What does the sinus venosus eventually form?
The proximal vena cava (SVC and IVC)
What does the common atrium eventually form?
RA and LA
What does the common ventricle eventually form?
RV and LV
What does the bulbus cordis eventually form?
The RVOT and LVOT
What does the truncus anteriosus eventually form?
The roots of the aorta and pulmonary arteries
At what week does the heart begin to loop?
Week 4
At ____-____ weeks the heart is fully developed and any CHD that is going to be present has occurred.
6 - 8
The left side of the sinus venosus eventually…
Is obliterated
The right side of the sinus venosus eventually…
Becomes incorporated into the RA as it grows (this fold is the eustachian valve).
As the cardiac tube begins to loop, the truncus anteriosis and bulbus cordis begin to movie ___.
Down and to the right
As the cardiac tube begins to loop, the primitive ventricle begins to move ___.
Left of the midline
As the cardiac tube begins to loop, the primitive atria begin to move ____.
Posterior (back) and superior
When does the atrial septal formation begin?
At the end of week 4