DSA 23 Pediatric Heart Problems Exam Questions
And Correct Answers!!
Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) responsible for ____% of all birth defects -
ANSWER>>25%
__% of newborns have CHD - ANSWER>>1%
CHD is d/t faulty embryogenesis during week ____; 90% unknown cause -
ANSWER>>3-8
The two most common congenital heart defects are - ANSWER>>ventricular septal
defect and atrial septal defect
most common defects:
Trisomy 21 =
XO =
22q11.2 Deletion = - ANSWER>>Down Syndrome
Turner Syndrome
DiGeorge Syndrome
_______ relatives have an increased risk of CHD - ANSWER>>First degree relatives
have an increased risk of CHD
A _____________ shunt presents with no cyanosis and may predispose to heart failure d/y
high flow to lungs. - ANSWER>>left -> right
A ______ shunt presents with cyanosis and may present immediately or later in
, infancy/childhood. - ANSWER>>right->left
Smaller L-> R shunts may remain asymptomatic but predispose to increasing ________ -
ANSWER>>pulmonary vascular resistance (eventually causes hypertrophy)
In a fetus, __________ is high and much of blood flow from right side of heart bypasses
lungs, is diverted into systemic arterial circulation via __________ -
ANSWER>>pulmonary vascular resistance
ductus arteriosus
In untreated L-> R shunt, increased pulmonary vascular resistance may evolve over
years and cause R side ________, ultimately resulting in _______ across the septal defect,
leading to a late onset R->L shunt known as _____ - ANSWER>>hypertrophy
reversal of flow
Eisenmenger Syndrome (irreparable)
A _______ can sometimes occur in patients with a R -> L shunt.venous thrombi cross
patent ________(PFO) may cause stroke - ANSWER>>paradoxical embolism
foramen ovale
Hypertrophic osteo-arthropathy - ANSWER>> clubbing of fingers, caused by chronically
low blood levels of oxygen or malabsorption of food nutrients resulting from a defect in
the organs involved in the process of assimilation
includes cystic fibrosis or celiac
And Correct Answers!!
Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) responsible for ____% of all birth defects -
ANSWER>>25%
__% of newborns have CHD - ANSWER>>1%
CHD is d/t faulty embryogenesis during week ____; 90% unknown cause -
ANSWER>>3-8
The two most common congenital heart defects are - ANSWER>>ventricular septal
defect and atrial septal defect
most common defects:
Trisomy 21 =
XO =
22q11.2 Deletion = - ANSWER>>Down Syndrome
Turner Syndrome
DiGeorge Syndrome
_______ relatives have an increased risk of CHD - ANSWER>>First degree relatives
have an increased risk of CHD
A _____________ shunt presents with no cyanosis and may predispose to heart failure d/y
high flow to lungs. - ANSWER>>left -> right
A ______ shunt presents with cyanosis and may present immediately or later in
, infancy/childhood. - ANSWER>>right->left
Smaller L-> R shunts may remain asymptomatic but predispose to increasing ________ -
ANSWER>>pulmonary vascular resistance (eventually causes hypertrophy)
In a fetus, __________ is high and much of blood flow from right side of heart bypasses
lungs, is diverted into systemic arterial circulation via __________ -
ANSWER>>pulmonary vascular resistance
ductus arteriosus
In untreated L-> R shunt, increased pulmonary vascular resistance may evolve over
years and cause R side ________, ultimately resulting in _______ across the septal defect,
leading to a late onset R->L shunt known as _____ - ANSWER>>hypertrophy
reversal of flow
Eisenmenger Syndrome (irreparable)
A _______ can sometimes occur in patients with a R -> L shunt.venous thrombi cross
patent ________(PFO) may cause stroke - ANSWER>>paradoxical embolism
foramen ovale
Hypertrophic osteo-arthropathy - ANSWER>> clubbing of fingers, caused by chronically
low blood levels of oxygen or malabsorption of food nutrients resulting from a defect in
the organs involved in the process of assimilation
includes cystic fibrosis or celiac
