01-27-2014, 08:43 PM
MBME 2 Q.
A 2-days old male neonate is transferred to intensive care unit b/c tachpynea and intense cyanosis. There is a prominent lift and a soft, systolic murmur is heard along the left sternal border. S1 is loud at the lower left sternum. X-ray film of the chest shows a normal heart size and pulmonary vascular pattern. Echocardiography shows the aorta lying anterior and to the right of the pulmonary artery. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A) Aortic coarctation
B) Kartagener's syndrome
C) Patent ductus arterious
D) Transposition of the great vessels
E) Ventricular septal defect
A 2-days old male neonate is transferred to intensive care unit b/c tachpynea and intense cyanosis. There is a prominent lift and a soft, systolic murmur is heard along the left sternal border. S1 is loud at the lower left sternum. X-ray film of the chest shows a normal heart size and pulmonary vascular pattern. Echocardiography shows the aorta lying anterior and to the right of the pulmonary artery. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A) Aortic coarctation
B) Kartagener's syndrome
C) Patent ductus arterious
D) Transposition of the great vessels
E) Ventricular septal defect
