18 Questions
What is the outcome of a problem in the dorsal endocardial cushion?
Abnormality in the atrial septum, ventricular septa, tricuspid valve, and mitral valve
What is the primary concern in ventricular septal defects?
The size of the defect
What is the consequence of left-to-right shunting in atrial septal defects?
Volume load on the right side of the heart
What is the characteristic of pulmonary hypertension in atrial septal defects?
It is a rare complication
What is the primary effect of a ventricular septal defect on the heart?
Left ventricular overload
What type of load is responsible for pulmonary stenosis?
Pressure load
What is the name of the single tube-like structure that forms the heart during early fetal development?
Primitive heart tube
What is the result of the failure of the truncus arteriosus to divide fully into the aorta and pulmonary artery?
Persistent truncus arteriosus
What helps to form the septum that separates the truncus arteriosus into the aorta and pulmonary artery?
Neural crest cells
What is the result of the clockwise rotation of the spiral septum during heart development?
The pulmonary artery moves to the right side and the aorta moves to the left side
What is the term for the mixing of oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor blood in the heart?
Mixing of blood
What is the term for the blue discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to insufficient oxygen in the blood?
Cyanosis
What is the result of transposition of the great vessels on the circulatory system?
Parallel circulations
What is the primary cause of cyanosis in patients with tetralogy of Fallot?
Right to left shunting
What is the consequence of delayed surgery in patients with transposition of the great vessels?
Left ventricle becomes banana shaped
What is the characteristic shape of the heart in patients with tetralogy of Fallot?
Boot-shaped
What is the term for the abnormal rotation of the great vessels?
Transposition of the great vessels
What is the name of the syndrome associated with immotile cilia syndrome and dextrocardia?
Kartagener syndrome
Learn about the effects of transposition of the great vessels, a congenital heart defect that affects blood circulation. Understand how it causes cyanosis and high blood pressure.
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