Zusammenfassung der Ressource
outflow obstruction in sick infant
- coarctation of the aorta
- due to arterial tissue
encircling aorta @
point of insertion of
duct
- when duct closes, aorta constricts
- -> severe
obstruction to
left ventricular
outflow
- commonest
cause of
collapse due
to left outflow
obstruction
- clinical features
- 1st day of life
- examination:
normal
- neonates
age: 2
days
- acute circulatory collapse
- duct closes day 2 of life
- physical signs
- sick baby
- w/ severe heart failure
- absent femoral pulses
- severe metabolic acidosis
- Ix
- CXR
- cardiomegaly
- from heart failure & shock
- ECG
- normal
- Mx
- surgical repair
soon after diag
- as for all
obstructed
left outflow
tract
- interruption of aortic arch
- uncommon
- no
connection
btw prox
aorta &
distal to
arterial
duct
- so cardiac
output
dependent on
R to L shunt
via the duct
- VSD usually present
- presentation
- shock in neonatal period
- absent
pulses
- femoral
- left
brachial
- Mx
- complete
correction within
1st few days of
life
- closure of VSD
- repair of aortic arch
- assoc w/ DiGeorge syn
- 22q11.2 gene
microdeletion
- absent thymus
- palatal defects
- immunodef
- hypocalcaemia
- hypoplastic left heart syn
- underdevelopment
of entire left side of
heart
- small/atretic
mitral valve
- diminutive
left
ventricle
- aortic valve
atresia
- small asc aorta
- nearly always coarctation of aorta
- all peripheral pulses absent
- circulatory collapse
- clinical features
- detected @
antenatal US
screening
- allows for
effective
counselling
- prevents child
getting sick after
birth
- if presenting @ birth
- are the sickest
neonates w/
duct-dependent
sys circulation
- no flow through left side of
heart so ductal constriction->
- rapid cardiovascular collapse
- cos no
flow
through
left side
of heart
- profound acidosis
- Mx
- Norwood procedure
- difficult neonatal op
- fb Glenn or hemifontan op
- at 6 months old
- fb Fontan op
- at 3 years old
- clinical features
- neonatal period
- heart failure
- shock
- circulatory
collapse
- diagnosed on antenatal US
- Mx
- resus 1st (ABC)
- start prostaglandin @ earliest opportunity
- early referral to cardiac centre
- surgical intervention