Learning Objectives
- Briefly describe the development of the heart and great vessels during organogenesis
- Describe the fetal circulation and the changes that occur to establish postpartum circulation
- Discuss congenital heart defects that arise from shunts, explaining why a right-to-left shunt is more serious than a left-to-right shunt
- Discuss congenital heart defects that arise from obstructions
- Explain how a child could become cyanotic due to the congenital heart defect
- For each of the following congenital heart defects, describe the pathology, explain how the symptoms arise, and the basis for the specific treatment(s) to address the symptoms and/or the pathology
- when does the heart start beating/ functioning?
- describe the embryonic development of the heart?
- when does septation of the atria occur?
- what are the steps involved in septation of the atria?
- when do the great vessels develop?
- what are the steps involved in the development of the great arteries?
- what are the steps involved in the development of the great veins?
- how do the heart valves develop?
Fetal Circulation
- what are the special features of fetal circulation?
- what changes to circulation occur at birth and postpartum?