Cardiac Textbook Information Flashcards
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Cardiovascular disorders in children are divided into two major groups
Which are?
Congenital and acquired heart disease
What is congenital heart defects?
Anatomic abnormalities present at birth that result in abnormal cardiac function
What are the 2 congenital heart defects ?
Heart failure
Hypoxemia
Acquired cardiac disorders is what?
Disease process or abnormalities that occur after birth and can be seen in the normal heart or in the presence of congenital heart defects
What is the heart function?
To pump blood throughout the body
What does the heart develop in the pregnancy phase?
And completely formed?
4-5th week of gestation
8th week of gestation
What is the process of fetal circulation?
In which the infant is dependent on the mother for nutrients and circulation throughout the body.
Placenta -> fetal system through umbilicus -> liver ( divided into two ) and IVC
From inferior vena cava by the ductus venosus -> RA -> foramen ovalue to the LA
After the aorta, where does the blood go!?
Placenta from the descending aorta through two umbilical arteries
Are the lungs functioning in a fetus?
No
Postnatal circulation
After the baby is born, how do they breathe? Like what is the initiation?
Clamping of the umbilical cord and expansion of the lungs
This causes Hemodynamic changes that will let the baby respiratate and circulate on their own
The patent ductus arteriosclerosis starts to close within what day and how?
First day of birth via the construction of smooth muscles in the vessels
How does the PDA work for preterm babies?
Usually at what week does it close for them?
It usually is less responsive to oxygen and higher levels of prostaglandins, which both can delay the ductwork closer
2-3 weeks
What are functions of arteries?
What are function of veins?
And how do they work on fetal too?
Thick wall filled with oxygen and push blood away from heart
Thin wall with deoxygenated blood and comes towards the heart
In the fetus
This is opposite !
The arteries and veins work together to help maintain our what?
Blood pressure !
The heart is the first organ to receive blood what comes after that? Like what next organ gets blood?
The brain
What does tachycardia mean?
Fast heart rate
What does bradycardia mean?
Slow heart heart
What does Tachypnea mean and typically a warning sign for what?
Fast breathing
Heart failure
What does murmurs mean?
Heart sounds that reflect the flow of the blood within the heart
Audible whooshing
Cardiac catherterization!
What is cardiac catheterization?
An invasive diagnostic procedure in which a radiopaque catheter is inserted through a peripheral blood vessel into the heart
How is the catheter usually introduced ?
Through a Percutaneous puncture into the femoral vein
And then guided through the vessel into the heart
It’s important to note that cardiac Catherization may be performed for diagnostic, interventional or electrophysiologic purposes.
What are the two types of diagnostic cardiac catheter?
Right sided ( venous )
Left sided ( arterial )
How does right side and left sided catheter differ?
Right side - goes through vein into RA
Left side - goes through artery into aorta and LV