RT Book, Section
A1 Nelson, Jennifer S.
A1 Hirsch-Romano, Jennifer C.
A1 Ohye, Richard G.
A1 Bove, Edward L.
A2 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1105487566
T1 Congenital Heart Disease
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Surgery, 14e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071792110
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105487566
RD 2024/04/20
AB Congenital  heart  disease  encompasses  a  wide  range  of  anomalies  that  result  from  abnormal  fetal  development  of  the  heart.  Defects  can  range  from  simple  to  complex.  The  age  of  presentation  of  these  defects  depends  primarily  on  the  physiologic  impact  of  the  anomaly.  After  birth,  patients  can  present  within  minutes  to  hours  with  profound  hypoxemia  or  hemodynamic  collapse.  Others  may  present  weeks  to  months  later  with  evidence  of  a  new  murmur  or  signs  of  congestive  heart  failure.  Relatively  asymptomatic  lesions  can  go  undetected  until  children  are  school  age  or  adolescents.  With  current  ultrasound  imaging,  many  cardiac  anomalies  are  identified  on  prenatal  examination.