Atlas of Pathos Chapter 6

• Medications, such as diuretics, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, indomethacin (for PDA), and prostaglandin • Oxygen therapy • Antibiotic prophylaxis • Atrial balloon septostomy (for transposition of the great arteries) • Treatment of complications

• Arterial blood gas analysis reveals hypoxemia and acid-base disturbances. • Atrial balloon septostomy (for transposition of the great arteries). Treatment • Surgery

C a r d i o v a s c u l a r D i s o r d e r s

CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS (continued)

Tetralogy of Fallot

Aorta

Pulmonary artery

Pulmonary artery

Pulmonary veins

Pulmonary veins

Right ventricular outflow tract obstruction

Left atrium

Right atrium

Overriding aorta

Ventricular septal defect

Right ventricle

Left ventricle

Right ventricular hypertrophy

Transposition of great arteries

Ventricular septal defect

Pulmonary artery rising from the left ventricle Aorta rising from the right ventricle

Opening between the left

and right ventricles

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