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Clinical Presentation of Congenital Heart Disease in the First Week of Life: Congestive Heart Failure

Dr. Michael Freed reviews the clinical presentation of congestive heart failure in the newborn period.

Released:

August 22, 2016

Audience:

Physicians, Emergency Medical Technicians, Medical Students, Paramedics

Learning Objectives
  • Develop a differential diagnosis of structural heart lesions that typically present at one week of life versus one month of life.

  • Explain the key features and pathophysiology of specific cardiac lesions that present as congestive heart failure in the newborn period.

Author(s)

Michael D. Freed, MD, MACC

Pediatric Cardiologist| Boston Children's Hospital

Associate Professor of Pediatrics | Harvard Medical School


Lisa DelSignore, MD

Associate Professor, Fellowship Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | Yale School of Medicine


Ioana Baiu, MD

Physician | Ohio State University

Assistant Professor | Ohio State University

Citation

Freed M, Baiu I, DelSignore L. Clinical Presentation of Congenital Heart Disease in the First Week of Life: Congestive Heart Failure. 8/2016. Online Video. OPENPediatrics. https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/3179/clinical-presentation-of-congenital-heart-disease-in-the-first-week-of-life-congestive-heart-failure.

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