Congenital Heart Disease Flashcards
What is the percent of live births that have Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) ?
1%
8 in 1000
If untreated, how many of the CHD babies will die within first month?
Die in first year?
1/3 die in first month
1/3 die in first year
Do the remaining patients with CHD die sooner or later than the general population?
Final 1/3 die sooner
What are some Left to Right shunts ?
VSD
ASD
PDA
AV Canal
What are some right to left shunts?
Tetrolagy of fallot
All the ‘blue babies”
What is the most common CHD diagnosis problem?
VSD
about 17%
What 2 diagnoses account for approximately 10% each of CHD?
- -d-transposition of the great arteries
- -Tetralogy of fallot
What are some signs and symptoms of L 2 R shunts?
- -Increased pulmonary blood flow
- -Volume-overloaded ventricles
- -Developed CHF
What are some signs and symptoms of R 2 L shunts?
- -Decreased pulmonary blood flow
- -Pressure-overloaded ventricles
- -Cyanotic (blue babies)
What are some signs and symptoms of pulmonary shunts?
Cyanotic (blue babies)
What will present in patients with known CHD that are unrepaired?
Eisenmenger’s Syndrome (complex)
This will be covered more in depth in next subject
Which CHD is a mixing lesion that presents with variable pressure versus volume loaded ventricles and cyanotic?
Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA)
When talking about pulmonary flow, what symbol is used?
Qp
When talking about systemic flow, what symbol is used?
Qs
What is defined as normal or repaired?
Means there is no impact on the patients longevity, physical status, or need for further care.
What are some “repaired” CHD?
PDA ligation
Repair of secundum ASD in 1st decade
Non-complex VSD in 1-2 months of birth
What is a VSD?
Ventricular septal defect
There is a hole between chambers of ventricles
In early life of a VSD patient, how and why is blood shunted?
Shunted L –> R
B/c increased SVR pressure and increased LV pressure force blood into RV because it has lower pressure
When does an VSD cause symptoms of congestive heart failure (CHF) to appear?
When Qp becomes more than twice the Qs
this is caused by excess lung blood flow due to pressure gradients with L –> R shunt
How do VSD patients appear?
Skinny
Tachypnea
Sweating when eating
Lots of reoccurring colds
Later in the life of a VSD patient, the shunt is what ?
What disease state does this result in?
R –> L
Eisenmenger’s Syndrome
What is also called an endocardial cushion defect or atrioventricular septal defect?
Atrioventricular canal defect (CAVC)
AV Canal
What kind of shunt occurs in a AV canal defect?
Large L –> R shunt
What patient population is at very high risk for also having an AV canal?
Down’s syndrome
Trisomy 21
How does an AV canal patient present?
- -Elevated PVR
- -Stenotic or insufficient AV valves
- -Possible sleep apnea with Downs
What are 2 main problems / symptoms of an AV canal?
- -Center post (septum) missing
- -4-5 leaflet valve merged over septum
What are 3 main surgical goals of AV canal defect repair?
- -Closing ASD
- -Closing VSD
- -Making 2 AV valves from large one