Heart defects (Pediatrics)

Question 1

List the Non-Cyanotic Heart defects (Mnemonic= VAP)

Answer 1

Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
+/- Aortic Coartication

Leads to Left to Right Shunting of blood.

Question 2

List the Cyanotic Heart defects ( Mnemonic= 5T’s)

Answer 2

Transposition of Great Arteries (TGA)
Truncus Arteriosus
Tricuspid Atresia
Tetrallogy of Fallot
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR)

*Note that perioral and acrocyanosis of newborn is normal. True oral cyanosis can be a sign of cyanotic CHD.

**Obstructive TAPVR and TGA require emergency surgerybecause they lead to profound cyanosis.