Topic 14: TOF DORV DILV Flashcards
most common cause of blue baby syndrome ?
TOF
10 % of all cyanotic heart defects,
Tetralogy of Fallot involves four heart defects:
(3 are congenital, 1 is acquired) A large VSD Pulmonary stenosis (RVOT obstruction) An overriding aorta Right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH)
Simply Put TOF is what?
anterior-lateral displacement of the infundibular septum
TOF Embryology – how are Aorta and PA formed?
Aorta and PA start as a single tube (truncus arterosis) divided by the spiral septum
The spiral septum grows down and attaches to the ventricular septum which:
◦Isolates the ventricles
◦Isolates the aorta and the pulmonary artery
Partitioning of the outflow tract
Truncus Arteriosus becomes?
–Aorta
Partioning the Outflow tract
Conus Cordis becomes?
–Pulmonary Artery
◦Created by a septum that forms in the outflow tract from these swellings
What if ?
The spiral septum is not midline, but shifted towards the right side of the heart.
This would cause:
◦The aorta opening to be large
◦pulmonary opening to be small
◦Spiral septum would miss the septum
What if ?
The spiral septum is not midline, but shifted towards the left side of the heart.
This would cause:
◦The aorta opening to be small
◦pulmonary opening to be large
◦Spiral septum would miss the septum
Factors that increase the risk for TOF during pregnancy include:
- Alcoholism in the mother
- Diabetes
- Mother> 40 years old
- Poor nutrition during pregnancy
- Rubella or other viral illnesses during pregnancy
TOF w/Pulmonary Atresia aka? and what is it?
TOF with PA (pseudotruncus arteriosus) is a severe variant in which there is complete obstruction (atresia) of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), causing an absence of the pulmonary trunk during embryonic development
TOF with PA - how does blood shunt? and how are the lungs perfused?
R → L shunt is significantly worse than norm.
In these individuals, blood shunts completely
from the right ventricle to the left where it
is pumped only through the aorta.
The lungs are perfused via extensive collaterals from the systemic arteries, and sometimes also via the ductus arteriosus
TOF w/PA w/an ASD is aka a ?
Pentology of Fallot
TOF w/PA w/an ASD is aka a ?
Pentology of Fallot
TOF blood shunting ?
results in low oxygenation of blood due to the mixing of blood in the LV via the VSD and preferential flow of the mixed blood through the aorta
significantly worse with TOF w/PA
What might be the bodies response to the low saturations and decreased pulmonary blood flow?
A: Elevate the hematocrit, it is not uncommon for these children to have hcts >50 %
TOF symptoms?
The primary symptom is low blood oxygen
saturation with or without cyanosis
If the baby is not cyanotic then it is sometimes
referred to as a “pink tet”
Periods of severe hypoxic spells i.e. “tet spells”
Clubbing of fingers (skin or bone enlargement
around the fingernails)
Difficult feeding/failure to gain weight
Passing out
Poor development
Squatting during episodes of cyanosis
Children having a TET spell may have several symptoms:
•Rapid, deep breathing. •Fainting/loss of consciousness. •Increasing blueness (cyanosis) of the lips, tongue and nailbeds •Irritability or uncontrolled crying
Dealing with Tet Spells: what a child will do?
Squatting and the knee chest position will increase aortic wave reflection,
increasing pressure on the left side of the heart, decreasing the right to left shunt (think clamping distal to outflow)
◦thus decreasing the amount of deoxygenated
blood entering the systemic circulation
Palliation of TOF procedures
B-T Shunt
Modified BT shunt
Central Shunt
When are BT shunts used on infants with TOF?
Currently, Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunts are not normally performed on infants with TOF except for severe variants such as TOF with pulmonary atresia (pseudotruncus arteriosus).
Central Shunt
(ascending aorta to main pulmonary artery)
Central Shunt - The advantages of this technique are?
•Applicability to small children with small
peripheral vessels
•Prevention of distortion of pulmonary arteries
•Provision of equal pulmonary blood flow to both lungs
•Lower occlusion rate (compared with the CBTS or MBTS techniques)
•Avoidance of subclavian artery steal
•Ease of closure during corrective repair
Palliative shunts are done mostly with TOF patients with what?
TOF w/PA