Normal and Abnormal Fetal Heart Flashcards
At how many weeks does the heart start to circulate?
5 weeks
When do structures fuse to form a single heart tube?
22 days
What structures separate the atria and ventricles and when do they begin to develop?
Endocardial cushions
27 days
What does the septum primum divide?
L and R atria
When is the aorticopulmonary septum formed?
7th week
When has the heart completed formation?
8th week
The UV shunts blood into what structure?
Ductus venosus –> IVC
Through what valve does blood pass to enter the foramen ovale –> LA
Eustachian valve
Where does blood go coming from the IVC versus coming from the SVC?
IVC –> eustachian valve –> foramen ovale –> LA
SVC –> TV –> RV –> PV –> ductus arteriosus –> aortic and systemic circulation
Where is the more highly oxygenated blood shunted to from the aorta?
Cranial portion
Blood in the LA is contributed by what structures?
Pulmonary veins and from RA through the foramen ovale
How to tell what side of the heart is which in a TRV view?
L side is closer to the spine
What is the term for the normal angle of the heart?
Levocardia
What typically oocurs to the heart within the chest when there is a mass lesion seen in the thoracic cavity?
Dextroposition and mesocardia
What is the term for the heart on the right side but apex is pointing to the left?
Dextroposition
In the fetal heart, will the RV or LV appear slightly larger?
RV
What structure should the foraminal flap open into?
LA
What structures does the ductal arch view encompass?
Pulmonary artery
Ductus arteriosus
Desc Ao
What valves can you see in SAX of the fetal heart?
PV
TV
Ao V
What structures encompass the aortic arch?
- Brachiocephalic A
- LCCA
- L subclavian A
- Desc Ao
What is the smallest vessel in the 3VV?
SVC
What is the most common benign fetal arrhythmia?
PAC
What is a non-conducted PAC?
Stops at the AV node
bpm in SVT?
Ratio of atrial to ventricular contractions?
180-300bpm
1:1
What heart rate is considered tachycardia in the fetus?
> 180
What heart rate is considered bradycardia in a fetus?
<100
A fetus that does not respond to treatment of SVT is at risk for what two things?
Heart failure and non-immune hydrops
What arrythmia is between 300-400bpm and has a 2:1 ratio of atrial to ventricular beats?
Atrial flutter
What arrythmia does not have a set atrial or ventricular contraction rate?
A-fib >400bpm