Pediatric Cardiology Flashcards
[Fetal Circulation]
Trace the flow of oxygenated blood
- Placenta
- IVC
- RA
- FO
- LA
- LV
- Ascending aorta
[Fetal Circulation]
Trace the flow of deoxygenated blood
- IVC
- RA
- Tricuspid Valve
- RV
- Pulmonary artery
- Ductus arteriosis
- Descending aorta
- Lower part of the body
- 2 umbilical arteries
[Fetal Circulation]
Unique features in fetal circulation
- Ductus venosus
- Foramen Ovale
- Ductus arteriosus
Fetal cardiac output highly depends on ___
HR
SV can be increased
[Fetal Circulation]
What are the effect of interrupting the umbilical cord?
- Increase SVR
2. Closure of ductus venosus
[Fetal Circulation]
Lung expansion results in____
- Reduction of the PVR
- Functional closure of the FO due to increased pressure in the LA
- Closure of PDA as a result of increased arterial O2 saturation
Functional closure of the ductus arteriosus occurs by ____
Constriction of the medial, smooth muscle in the ductus within 10-15 hours after birth
The anatomic closure of ductus arteriosus is completed by ____
2-3 weeks
[Fetal Circulation]
Effect of removing the placenta in SVR
SVR increases
[Fetal Circulation]
the closure of PDA is dependent of
Low O2 and High prostaglandins
What is the strongest stimulus for contraction of the ductal smooth muscles in the ductus arteriosus?
Post natal increase in O2 saturation
[Murmur]
Systolic ejection or blowing murmur are best heard on the ___
base or at the 2nd ICS through stenotic strucutres
[Murmur]
Systolic regurgitant murmur is best heard in ____
apex or at the left lower sternal border
PDA persisting beyond ____ life in a term infant rarely closes spontaneously or with pharmacologic intervention
1st week of life
[Congenital Heart Disease]
What are your Acyanotic Heart Disease
- VSD
- ASD
- PDA
- COA
- ECD
[Congenital Heart Disease]
What are examples of cyanotic heart disease with decreased pulmonary blood flow?
- Pulmonary atresia
- Pulmonary stenosis
- TOF
- Tricuspid atresia
- Ebstein anomaly
[Congenital Heart Disease]
What are examples of cyanotic heart disease with increased pulmonary blood flow?
- TOGA
- TAPVR
- TA
What is the most common type of ASD?
Ostium seccundum
which is present at the site of fossa ovalis
[Congenital Heart Disease]
Acyanotic
Systolic ejection murmur
2nd LICS
Widely split S2
Right sided enlargement
ASD
[Congenital Heart Disease]
Acyanotic
Systolic regurgitant murmur at LLSB
Loud and single S2
Left sided enlargement; biventricular hypertrophy if Eisenmenger Syndrome
VSD
[Congenital Heart Disease]
Acyanotic
Continuous “machinery-like” at 2nd left infraclavicular area
Bounding pulses
Wide pulse pressure
Left-sided enlargement
Enlarged aorta
PDA
Most common cyanotic heart disease
TGA
What are the various mechanisms of hypoxic spell?
- Increase SVR
- RVOT obstruction
- Decrease pulmonary blood flow, pO2, pH, pCO2
- Increase SVR
[Management of Hypoxic Spell]
How will you manage RVOT obstruction?
Propranolol
[Management of Hypoxic Spell]
How will you address systemic venous return?
Knee Chest Position
[Management of Hypoxia Spell]
How will you address Increased systemic vascular resistance?
Vasoconstrictor
[Management of Hypoxic Spell]
How will you address hyperpnea or hyperventilation?
Morphine
[Management of Hypoxic Spell]
How will you address the decreased pBF, pO2, acidic pH
O2, NaHCO3
What is the dose of morphine sulfate to suppress the respiratory center?
0.2mg/kg/dose SC
[Treatment for TOF]
Used to vasoconstrict and increase SVR
- Phenyephrine 0.02 mg/kg IV
Ketamine 1-3mg/kgIV over 60s increases SVR
[Treatment for TOF]
stabilize vascular reactivity of the arteries preventing a sudden decrease in SVR
Propranolol 0.01-0.25 mg/kg
Surgical technique to augment pulmonary blood flow
Blalock-Taussig Shunt
(Not 2DE), method to distinguish CHD from pulmonary disease
Hyperoxia tes
How will you perform hyperoxia test?
100% FiO2 for 10-15 minutes
heart diseases associated with this syndrome
Down
Endocardial Cushion Defect
heart diseases associated with this syndrome
Marfan
MVP, Progressive enlargement of the aorta
heart diseases associated with this syndrome
Hunter Syndrome
thickening of cardiac valves
heart diseases associated with this syndrome
Noonan
Pulmonary stenosis
- Facial anomalies
- Short stature
- Webbed neck
- Chest deformities
- Undescended testes
- Pulmonary stenosis
[Diagnosis]
Cyanosis manifesting within few hours at birth or within few days of life
TGA
[Diagnosis]
Cyanosis manifesting after the first year of life, usually in an infant or a toddler
TOF
What are the heart defects that permit mixing of the 2 circulations for survival
- ASD
- VSD
- PDA
What is the most common cause of cyanotic CH in newbornd
TGA
Unresponsive to oxygen inhalation
What is the pathognomonic CXR finding of TGA
Egg-shaped cardiac sillouette with a narrow superior mediastinum
What are the components of tricuspid atresia?
- Atretic TV
- Hypoplastic RV
- VSD
- ASD
- Pulmonary stenosis
What are the components of truncus arteriosos?
- Pulmonary arteries arise from aorta
- Truncal valve overrides the VSD
- VSD, large
Most commonly associated congenital heart defect in Turner Syndrome/
CoA
How does CoA appear on X-ray?
- Rib notching in children around 7 years old
Treatment of choice for neonates with severe CoA
PGE1 to reopen ductus
[Diagnosis]
Weak or absent femoral pulses
BP arms > legs
Rib notching
CoA
Tx: Primary anastomosis or patch aortoplasty