Test Your Knowledge on Aortic Valve Stenosis

Breathlessness, sweating, poor feeding, recurrent chest infections.

Poor weight gain or faltering growth, tachypnoea, tachycardia, heart murmur, gallop rhythm, enlarged heart, hepatomegaly, cool peripheries.

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<p>Musculoskeletal system</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The presence of an extracardiac anomaly significantly increases mortality in infants with CHD.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Foetal circulation involves the placenta as a source of oxygen and nutrients, while adult circulation relies on the lungs for oxygenation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Congenital heart defects such as atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, and tetralogy of Fallot.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Congenital cardiovascular disease can present with symptoms such as cyanosis, shortness of breath, and poor growth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The management of congenital cardiovascular disease depends on the specific defect, but may include medication, surgery, or catheter-based interventions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The main finding of the referenced study is that extracardiac anomalies are common in infants with significant cardiac disease, and their presence is associated with increased mortality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Failure of proper development of septum secundum or failure of closure of ostium primum</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Defect either in membranous or muscular portion of IV septum or failure of fusion of membranous or muscular portions</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ventricular septal defect (VSD)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Unequal division of conus cordis with resultant anterior displacement (malalignment) of the aorticopulmonary septum</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Failure of the aorticopulmonary (conotruncal) septum to spiral</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>No clear cause; contraction of ductus arteriosus</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chromosomal abnormalities, prematurity, low birth weight, prostaglandins, high altitude and low atmospheric oxygen tension, hypoxia</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Failure of proper development of septum secundum or failure of closure of ostium primum</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>No clear cause</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>No clear cause</p> Signup and view all the answers