Heart Failure in Children — Flashcards

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

_____cardiac is the most common form of TAPVR, while _____cardiac is the most dangerous (obstructive) form.

_____ 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 European Society of Cardiology, high-risk cardiac lesions (for infective endocarditis prophylaxis) 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.

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

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

Pulmonary atresia results in no flow from _____ to lungs