Heart Failure in Children — Flashcards

Dysrhythmias in the pediatric age group are most often the result of _____

_____cardiac is most common but _____cardiac is the most dangerous form of TAPVR

_____ criteria is used to diagnose congenital heart disease in children.

_____ problems are responsible for the majority of the deaths in infancy and early childhood in Down syndrome

_____ cardiomyopathy may be caused by endocardial fibroelastosis, which is a thick fibroelastic tissue in the endocardium; most commonly affects young children

According to the American heart association and Europian cardiac society, high-risk cardiac lesions include:_____ cyanotic congenital heart disease, including palliative shunts or conduits.

Hint: repaired/unrepaired

_____ is the most common tachydysrhythmia that necessitates treatment in the pediatric patient.

D-transposition of great vessels is an example of a _____-to-left shunt

Smaller ventricular septal defects are often _____ and may close spontaneously, but on physical exam will present with a murmur

Pulmonary atresia results in no flow from _____ to lungs