Congenital Heart Disease Flashcards
Genetically what are the most common mutations with congenital heart defects?
3
Environmental factors? 3
Which are more common in boys? 1
Which are more common in girls? 4
Commonly recognized is a
- microdeletion in the long arm of chromosome 22. Also seen in
- Down’s syndrome and
- Turner’s syndrome
- Maternal diabetes,
- ETOH,
- teratogens
- Left sided lesions more common in boys
- ASD,
- VSD,
- PDA &
- Pulmonic stenosis more common in girls.
Describe the following classifications:
1. Acyanotic CHD
- Cyanotic CHD
- Obstructive CHD
- “Pink babies”: Left to Right shunts
- “Blue babies”: Right to Left shunts
- Narrowing structures
Acyonotic Congenital Heart Disease are what?
What are the defects in this category?
3
Left to Right cardiac shunts: condition where blood from the systemic arterial circulation mixes with systemic venous blood.
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
- Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease are what?
What are the defects in this category? 2
Right to Left cardiac shunts: Condition where the shunt allows blood to flow from the right to the left side of the heart.
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Transposition of the Great Arteries
Obstructive congenital heart disease: What can be obstructed? 2
What defects are in this categories? 1 and 2
Obstruction to Right side of heart.
1. Pulmonic Valve Stenosis. (PVS)
Obstruction to Left side of heart.
- Coarctation of the Aorta
- Congenital Aortic Stenosis (AS)
Fetal circulation involves shunting blood between the right and left 1.____, through the 2._______ _____, and between the 3._______ _____ and 4.____ through the 5.______ _______.
The 6._______ supplies oxygen to the fetus through the 7.______ ____ to the heart.
On its way to the heart it enters the 8.____ and 9._____ ____, then toward the right atrium.
From the right atrium the blood is pushed through the 10._____ ____ into the 11.____ ______.
12.
HOw many arteries are in the umbilical cord?
Veins?
- atria
- foramen ovale
- pulmonary artery
- aorta
- ductus arteriosus
- placenta
- umbilical vein
- IVC
- portal vein
- foramen ovale
- left atrium
- Two arteries and one vein
In fetal circulation where is the blood in the left atrium from? Where does this blood move?
The blood in the left atrium is from the pulmonary veins and blood from the right atrium. This blood then enters the left ventricle.
The left ventricle pumps the blood where?
The majority of this output goes to the ____?
through the aortic valve into the aorta.
head
The rest of the output from the 1.____ _______ and the 2._____ _______ via the 3._____ _______ supplies the lower body of the fetus.
- left ventricle
- right ventricle
- ductus arteriosus
After the lower body has been perfused, the 1.________blood is returned to the fetus through the 2. _______ arteries.
- deoxygenated
2. umbilical
When does the ductus arteriosus start to close?
What about the foramen ovale?
15 hours after birth. Might take a couple weeks to close completely.
can take up to two years to close
What causes breathing to begin?
What does this reaction cause?
Umbilical cord is clamped.
This reaction causes sudden increase to the resistance of the systemic circulation.
The lungs begin to oxygenate the blood increasing the 1.___, causing a 2.______ in the pulmonary arterioles constriction and 3._______ pulmonary vascular resistance.
Pulmonary resistance 4._____ ______ systemic circulation which changes the blood flow across the ductus arteriosus to a 5.____ to ____shunt. This results in a closure of the 6._______ _____ and 7._____ _________.
- PO2
- decrease
- decreasing
- falls below
- left to right
- foramen ovale
- ductus arteriosus
What is an Atrial Septal Defect?
THree major types?
Opening in the atrial septum permitting blood between the two atrias.
- Ostium Secundum (most common)
Seen in about 10% of all CHD. - Sinus Venus (least common)
- Ostium Primum
Put the order of acynotic congenital heart disease in order of highest to lowest:
Ostium Secundum
Sinus Venus
Ostium Primum
- Sinus Venous
- Ostium Secundum
- Ostium Primum
ASD Clinical Presentation
Symptoms? 2
What will we hear on auscultation? 3
- -Most often have no cardiovascular symptoms.
- -Rarely present with congestive heart failure
- Heart is usually hyperactive with a right ventricular heave felt best at lower left sternal border.
- S2 is widely split and fixed at pulmonary area
- Crescendo-decrescendo systolic ejection murmur
How do we diagnose ASD?
3
What confirms the diagnosis?
Initial testing is usually
- chest x-ray and
- electrocardiogram.
- Echocardiography is the test of choice.
ASD treatment?
2
- Surgical
2. Percutaneous transcatheter closure
When is a Percutaneous transcatheter closure usually done?
Why would we want to do it earlier?
- Usually done between ages 1-3 years.
2. May be done earlier in children with congestive heart failure/pulmonary vascular problems
What is a ventricular septal defect?
An abnormal opening in the ventricular septum which allows blood to flow across the right and left ventricles.