CT Surgery Flashcards
Left to right shunts
Hole in heart, increased flow into right side, increased pulmonary pressures leads to pulmonary hypertension, RVH and eventually eisenmenger’s syndrome where the flow reverses and patient becomes cyanotic
ASD pathogenesis
Ostium primum (downs) or secundum
Murmur of ASD
Fixed split S2
How to diagnose ASD
Echo
How to treat ASD
Close the hole either with surgery or cath
Murmur of VSD
Harsh holosystolic murmur
Patient presentation of VSD
Is diverse: patient could be asymptomatic, have CHF, failure to thrive, dyspnea
How to treat VSD
If patient is asymptomatic, wait don’t treat.
If paitne tis symptomatic or has been waiting for greater than a year, treat it.
Murmur of patent ductus arteriosus
Continuous machine-like murmur that is NOT present on day 1.
How to close ductus arteriosis?
Indomethacin.
Right to left shunts
Cause early cyanosis. Due to catastrophic anatomy. Fatal. Decreased pulmonary flow.
TGA pathogenesis
Caused by maternal diabetes, not gestational. Failure of cardiopulmonary trunk to twist .
How to treat TGA
Need to create a shunt. use PGE to keep DA open to bridge to surgery.
Tetrology of fallot
Pulmonic stenosis, RVH, VSD, overriding aorta.
XRay for tet?
CXR shows boot shaped heart
Vascular rings pathogenesis
Pressure on tracheobronchial tree and esophagus
How do patients with vascular rings present?
Stridor, “crowing” respiration, difficulty swallowing
How to diagnose vascular rings?
Barium swallow shows extrinsic compression. Bronchoscopy rules out tracheomalacia.
How to treat vascular rings
Surgery to divide smaller of 2 aortic arches.
Which murmurs to work up in adults
All diastolic murmurs and all systolics 3+
Patient presentation of aortic stenosis
Patient has aortic calcifications or biscuspid aortic valve. Patient will be an old man with CP, SOB, syncope.
Murmur of aortic stenosis
Crescendo-descrendo systolic murmur at RSB
How to dx aortic stenosis?
Echo
How to treat aortic stenosis?
Replacement.