crista
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An 8 year old boy with Down's Syndrome presnted to a doctor's clinic for routine check up. After examining him, the doctor suspected an abnormality in the heart and sent him for an Echocardiography. After receiving the Echocardiography report the doctor decided to put him on prophylaxis for Bacterial endocarditis. The most likely abnormality that was shown on Echocardiography would be:
a- Osteum primum ASD
b- Osteum secondum ASD
c- Patent foramen ovale
d- PDA
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| usmleasr
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PDA :roll:
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| asmi
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ASD...Ostium secondum
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| crista
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no,A ????????
may be somebody knows why
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| usmleasr
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endocardial cushion defects are common in down's....but i thought ASD doesn't need prophylaxis so i thought of VSD..
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| crista
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i agree with you
an expl. was that associates mitral deffect.is it true?????
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| asmi
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i know that ASD is more common in downs syndrome...
but didn't knew exactly about which type of ASD :roll:
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| crista
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ostium primum without doubt
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| asmi
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thanks..will remember it better now.
But most common ASD is secondum .
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| Bela
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Septum primium defect is the main cardio malformation in Down's syndrome (due to endocardial cushion defect). Check first aid, autosomal trisomies. It's stated in there!
Ok, here are some other things I came across my studying that u might find helpful:
Main cause for VSD: Cri Du Chat, Trisomy 18
Main cause for ASD: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Main cause for PDA: Rubella
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