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Congenital heart disease

Congenital Heart Disease — Internal Medicine

How it begins

Fisiopatología, diagnóstico y tratamiento de las cardiopatías congénitas desde la perspectiva del internista y el cardiólogo: desde la clasificación hemodinámica hasta el manejo del adulto con cardiopatía congénita y sus complicaciones crónicas.

What it covers

  1. Classification and Epidemiology
  2. · Classical classification (hemodynamics)
  3. · Anatomical classification by affected structure
  4. Pathophysiology of Short Circuit (Shunt)
  5. · Physiopathological consequences of chronic left-right shunt
  6. Eisenmenger syndrome
  7. · Etiology and mechanisms of pulmonary vasculopathy
  8. · Clinical manifestations of Eisenmenger syndrome
  9. · Management of Eisenmenger syndrome
  10. Interatrial Communication (ASD)
  11. · Anatomical types and their characteristics
  12. · Physiopathology
  13. · Clinical and diagnosis
  14. Ventricular Communication (VSD)
  15. · Anatomical classification
  16. · Pathophysiology and clinical spectrum by size
  17. · Clinical and physical examination
  18. Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PAD)
  19. · Physiopathology
  20. · Clinical manifestations
  21. Atrioventricular Canal Defect (AVCD)
  22. Coarctation of Aorta (CoA)
  23. · Morphological classification
  24. · Physiopathology
  25. · Clinical and diagnosis
  26. Congenital Pulmonary Stenosis (PS)
  27. · Classification by gradient and clinical
  28. · Clinical and diagnosis
  29. Congenital Aortic Stenosis and Bicuspid Aortic Valve
  30. · Anatomical forms of congenital AS
  31. Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF)
  32. · The four anomalies of tetralogy
  33. · Pathophysiology and clinical spectrum
  34. · Clinical
  35. · Treatment of hypoxic crises
  36. Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA)
  37. · Physiopathology
  38. · Clinical presentation and diagnosis
  39. Common Truncus Arteriosus
  40. Ebstein anomaly
  41. · Pathophysiology and clinical spectrum
  42. Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)
  43. · Palliative surgery in three stages (Norwood)
  44. Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage (DVPAT)
  45. Infectious endocarditis in CC
  46. · Risk stratification according to the ESC 2023 guidelines
  47. · Antibiotic prophylaxis in risk procedures
  48. CC in Adults (GUCH)
  49. · Most frequent problems in adults with CHD
  50. · Modified WHO classification for maternal risk in CHD (mWHO)
  51. Genetics of CHD and Associated Syndromes
  52. · Familial recurrence in multifactorial CHD

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Subject
Internal Medicine
Category
Clinical Specialties
Type
Study Guide
Sections
52
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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