Genetic Heart Conditions

Question 1

What cardiovascular features are Turner syndrome associated with?

Answer 1

Coarctation of the aorta
Short stature
Neck webbing
Gonadal dysgenesis

Question 2

What cardiovascular features are down syndrome associated with?

Answer 2

Septal defects (in particular Atrioventricular septal defects)
Reduced tone

Question 3

What cardiovascular features are Noonan syndrome associated with?

Answer 3

Pulmonary stenosis

Septal defects

Question 4

What cardiovascular features are Shprintzen syndrome associated with?

Answer 4

Tetralogy of fallot (aorta located between L & R ventricles - deoxygenated blood flows in)

Question 5

What cardiovascular features are Williams syndrome associated with?

Answer 5

Supra ventricular aortic stenosis

Question 6

What cardiovascular features are 22q11 microdeletion associated with?

Answer 6

Leads to DiGeorge syndrome

- associated with tetralogy of Fallot

Question 7

What cardiovascular features are fetal alcohol syndrome associated with?

Answer 7

Mainly neurological and craniofacial defects

- although atrial or ventricular septal defects can be found