05-14-2014, 06:59 PM
MBME (CK) Q.
A 6-month-old girl is brought to the physician because of poor feeding and labored breathing for 2 months. She has had recurrent respiratory tract infections since birth. Examination shows a to-and-fro murmur in the second left intercostal space, a loud S2, bounding peripheral pulses, and a widened pulse pressure. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A) Atrial septal defect (ostium primum type)
B) Atrial septal defect (ostium secundum type)
C) Atrioventricular canal
D) Coarctation of the aorta
E) Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
F) Tricuspid atresia
G) Tetralogy of Fallot
H) Transposition of the great arteries
I) Patent ductus arteriosus
J) VSD
A 6-month-old girl is brought to the physician because of poor feeding and labored breathing for 2 months. She has had recurrent respiratory tract infections since birth. Examination shows a to-and-fro murmur in the second left intercostal space, a loud S2, bounding peripheral pulses, and a widened pulse pressure. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
A) Atrial septal defect (ostium primum type)
B) Atrial septal defect (ostium secundum type)
C) Atrioventricular canal
D) Coarctation of the aorta
E) Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
F) Tricuspid atresia
G) Tetralogy of Fallot
H) Transposition of the great arteries
I) Patent ductus arteriosus
J) VSD
