Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)

The objectives of this section are:

1) The recognition that children can be born with heart disease

2) The recognition that children with heart disease may present with signs and symptoms that are different from adult cardiac patients

3) To be able to identify many of these cardiac defects and their presenting signs and symptoms and clinical findings

4) The application of the general principles of cardiac physiology and pathophysiology to specific congenital heart lesions

Valvular Heart Disease

Valvular Heart Disease

•     Left sided valve lesions:

–      Aortic: stenosis / regurgitation

–      Mitral: stenosis / regurgitation

•     Right sided valve lesions:

–      Tricuspid: stenosis / regurgitation

–      Pulmonary: stenosis / regurgitation

•    Prosthetic heart valves