Orthotopic Heart Transplant
A general term designating primary disease of the myocardium, often of obscure and unknown etiology.
What is Cardiomyopathy
A sac formed by localized dilatation of the walls of an artery due to structural weakening
What is an aneurysm
The types of prosthetic valves are available for this procedure
What is bovine pericardial, porcine, bileaflet
A sternal saw will not be used in pediatric patients, instead, the sternum will be cut with...
What is mayo scissors
An abnormal opening of the atria causes the shunting of blood from the right atrium to the left would require a...
What is a repair of an atrial septal defect
The surgeon exposes the recipient's heart through a...
What is median sternotomy
This complication is the most common cause of hospital mortality; low cardiac output; ventricular arrhythmias; respiratory failure.
What is left ventricular faliure
Can cause a reflux of blood into the area from which the blood was ejected during systole.
What is Mitral Valve Regurgitation
The pediatric patient is at great risk of
What is hypothermia
A failure of the fetal structure connecting the pulmonary artery to the aorta to completely close after birth would require...
What is repair of a patent ductus arteriosus
The patient is placed in this position when the air is removed from the heart and aorta by lowering the bypass flow.
What is Trendelenburg
A condition that can obstruct the normal flow of blood from one region of the heart to another.
What is stenosis
A form of mitral valve regurgitation in which some portion of the mitral valve is pushed back too far during ventricular contraction
What is Mitral Valve Prolapse
The main difference in the cardiac instrument sets and case carts is
What are smaller instruments
This results in cyanosis, which may appear soon after birth, in infancy, or later in childhood. Considered “blue babies” this would require...
What is repair of Tetralogy of Fallot
Characterized by cardiac enlargement, especially of the left ventricle, myocardial dysfunction, and congestive heart failure
What is Congestive cardiomyopathy
Wound classification for this type of procedure
What is class l: Clean
Mitral valve _________ is performed when damage is too extensive for repair.
What is Replacement
When performing cardiac surgery on a pediatric patient, this factor must be closely monitored.
What is blood loss
Three methods of closing the patent ductus arteriosus
What are sutures, clips, and ties
This population is most often affected by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is characterized by an extensive thickening of the left ventricular myocardium and septum
What are young males
The two types of aneurysms
what are True and False or pseudo aneurysms
Patients with a mitral valve replacement must remain on anticoagulant drugs for this amount of time.
What is for the rest of their lives
Most pediatric cardiac procedures are due to...
What is congenital heart defect repairs
An obstruction or narrowing of the aorta proximal to the ductus arteriosus would require...
What is repair of coarctation of the aorta