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SB82 Cardiac Surgery - loosely taken from Fiser's ABSITE review

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Right to left cardiac shunts cause _______.   Cyanosis  
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A shift from left-to-right shunt to a right-to-left shunt is a sign of increasing pulmonary vascular resistance and pulmonary hypertension, and is known as __________.   Eisenmenger's syndrome  
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This condition, if left untreated, can cause polycythemia, strokes, brain abscess, endocarditis, and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy   Cyanosis  
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The first sign of CHF in children is ________.   Hepatomegaly  
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Left to right cardiac shunts cause _____, clinically manifested as failure to thrive, tachycardia, tachypnea, and hepatomegaly.   CHF  
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_____________ is a connection between the descending aorta and the left pulmonary artery.   Ductus arteriosus  
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________________ is a connection between the portal vein and IVC.   Ductus venosum  
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Ductus venosum causes blood to be shunted away from the _____   Liver  
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Ductus arteriosus causes blood to be shunted away from the ________ in utero.   Lungs  
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The most common congenital heart defect _______   VSD  
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VSDs usually close spontaneously by age ____________   Six months  
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Medical treatment for symptomatic VSD is ______ and _____.   Diuretics digoxin  
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Indications for repair of VSD   CHF resulting in failure to thrive, PVR > 4-6 Woods units  
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Contraindication to repair of VSD   PVR > 10-12 Woods units  
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Most common congenital defect causing ASD _______   Ostium secundum  
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Eighty percent of osmium secundum is caused by ___________   PFO  
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Medical treatment for symptomatic ostium primum defects is ______ and _____.   Diuretics digoxin  
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Anomalies that contribute to oxygenation with ASD   Anomalous pulmonary venous return to right atrium or IVC, or IVC connecting to left atrium  
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This congenital cardiac anomaly is more inferior to the other, more common, cardiac defect causing ASD _______   Ostium primum  
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Ostium primum is caused by deficiency in left horn of the _______________   Sinus venosus  
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Ostium secundum becomes symptomatic when Qp / Qs is greater than ______________, resulting in CHF   Two  
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Adults with unrepaired ostium primum defects can get ________ and __________   paradoxical emboli, arrhythmias  
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Ostium primum defects usually become symptomatic when Qp/Qs > 2, causing ________, ___________ and ____________   fatigue, dyspnea, recurrent infections  
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Tetralogy of Fallot includes which congenital defects?   Overriding aorta, VSD, pulmonary HTN, and RV hypertrophy  
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Most common congenital defect resulting in cyanosis _________   Tetralogy of Fallot  
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Morphologic abnormality causing Tetralogy of Fallot   Anterior and superior displacement of infundibular septum  
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Medical treatment for Tetralogy of Fallot is _____________   Beta blockade  
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This type of shunt can be used for palliation to dely repair of Tetralogy of Fallot   Blalock Taussig  
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Tetralogy of Fallot should be repaired when this sign occurs ____   Increased cyanosis  
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Definitive repair of Tetralogy of Fallot includes these three steps   Division of RV outflow tract obstruction (pulmonic stenosis), patch enlargement of outflow tract, VSD repair  
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The most common cyanotic disorder presenting during the first week of life is _________   Transposition of the great vessels  
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In Transposition of the great vessels, mixing of oxygenated and de-oxygenated blood most often occurs through ___________   ASD  
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Medical treatment of Transposition of the great vessels includes ____   Atrial septostomy and PGE1  
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In patients with Transposition of the great vessels and large VSDs, significant CHF and pulmonary HTN may occur by this age ______   three months  
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Optimal timing of repair in transposition of the great vessels, and technique   Early (first 2-3 weeks of life), switch with posterior implantation of coronary arteries  
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Patients with Transposition of the great vessels and _________ are NOT candidates for early switch   LVOT obstruction  
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Patients with Transposition of the great vessels and LVOT obstruction should be treated with this intervention _________   Blalock Taussig shunt  
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Timing for repair of large symptomatic VSD   prior to school age  
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Test to see if large VSD is reversible, and therefore amenable to repair   Trial of vasodilators  
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Indications for repair of ASD include Qp / Qs > __________   1.5  
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What percentage of ostium primum defects require repair?   100%  
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What is the timing of ASD repair?   Before school age  
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