Ventana aortopulmonar - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Defecto del tabique aortopulmonar; Comunicación aortopulmonar

Síntomas:

Si el defecto es pequeño, puede no causar ningún síntoma. Sin embargo, la mayoría de los defectos son grandes.

Los síntomas pueden abarcar:

Retraso en el crecimiento
Insuficiencia cardíaca
Irritabilidad
Alimentación deficiente y falta de aumento de peso
Respiración rápida
Latidos cardíacos rápidos
Infecciones respiratorias

Signos y exámenes:

El pediatra normalmente escuchará un sonido cardíaco anormal (soplo) al auscultar el corazón del niño con un estetoscopio.

El médico puede ordenar exámenes tales como:

Cateterismo cardíaco (un tubo delgado insertado en las arterias alrededor del corazón para visualizar dicho órgano y los vasos sanguíneos y medir directamente la presión en el corazón y los pulmones)
Radiografía de tórax
Ecocardiografía
Resonancia magnética del corazón

Ventana aortopulmonar

Reviewed last on: 2/5/2010
Kurt R. Schumacher, MD, Pediatric Cardiology, University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Miscellaneous congenital cardiac conditions. In: Park MK. Pediatric Cardiology for Practitioners. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa:Mosby Elsevier; 2008:chap 17.

Jansen C. Surgical repair of aortopulmonary window: thirty-seven years of experience. Pediatr Cardiol, 2006;27:552-556.

Koh Su-Mei A, Ju-Le T. Large unrepaired aortopulmonary window--survival into the seventh decade. Echocardiography, 2007;24:71-73.

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