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Introduction to Pediatric Cardiac Disease

Learn about the basic approach to diagnosing and treating children with congenital heart disease. Highlights of this course include a basic overview of cardiac anatomy and physiology, clinical presentation and pathophysiology of various congenital heart diseases, diagnosis and management of congestive heart failure, and approach to treating rheumatic heart disease.

Released:

September 8, 2016

Audience

Physicians, Physician Trainees

Learning Objectives
  • Develop an approach to taking a cardiac history and performing a cardiovascular focused physical exam 

  • Develop a systematic approach to interpreting chest radiographs and electrocardiograms in children with congenital heart disease 

  • Explain the common presentations of specific congenital heart lesions that present at varying ages in children 

  • Describe the pathophysiology of congestive heart failure 

  • Develop management strategies for treating patients with congestive heart failure Identify how to diagnose a child with rheumatic heart disease and list related treatment options

Lessons
  • Cardiac History and Exam 

  • Introduction to Pediatric Chest Radiology 

  • Evaluation of the Chest Radiograph in Children with Known or Suspected Heart Disease 

  • Introduction to Electrocardiogram (ECG) 

  • Basic Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology 

  • Fetal Circulation 

  • Clinical Presenation of Congenital Heart Disease in the First Week of Life: Murmurs 

  • Clinical Presenation of Congenital Heart Disease in the First Week of Life: Arrhythmias 

  • Clinical Presenation of Congenital Heart Disease in the First Week of Life: Cyanosis 

  • Cyanotic Congential Cardiac Defects 

  • Atrial Septal Defects 

  • Ventricular Septal Defects 

  • Tetralogy of Fallot 

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

  • Pathophysiology and Dianosis of Heart Failure 

  • Management of Congestive Heart Failure 

  • Acute Rheumatic Fever 

  • Rheumatic Heart Disease

Author(s)

Christina Ronai, MD, MSEd

Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology | Boston Children's Hospital

Associate Director of Fetal Cardiology, Fetal Care and Surgery Center | Boston Children's Hospital

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics | Harvard Medical School


George Taylor, MD

Professor of Radiology Emeritus | Harvard Medical School


John A. Kirkpatrick, Jr., MD

Professor of Radiology | Harvard Medical School

Radiologistin-Chief | Boston Children’s Hospital


Doug Mah, MD

Chief, Division of Electrophysiology | Boston Children's Hospital

Tommy Kaplan Family Chair in Pediatric Cardiology | Boston Children's Hospital

Director, Pacemaker and ICD Program | Boston Children's Hospital

Senior Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology | Boston Children's Hospital


Nancy Braudis, MS, RN, CPNP, CCRN 

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) | Boston Children's Hospital


Lisa McCabe, RN, MS, CCRN

Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cardiovascular Program | Boston Children’s Hospital


David Bailly, DO

Pediatric Cardiology, Division of Pediatric Critical Care | Primary Children's Hospital


Mjaye Leslie Mazwi, MD, MBChB

Fellow, Critical Care Medicine | Boston Children's Hospital

Division Head, Cardiac Critical Care Medicine; 

Co-Director, Heart Center | Seattle Children's Hospital


Michael D. Freed, MD, MACC

Pediatric Cardiologist| Boston Children's Hospital

Associate Professor of Pediatrics | Harvard Medical School


Christina VanderPluym, MD

Medical Co-Director, Cardiac Antithrombosis Management Program (CAMP) | Boston Children's Hospital 

Medical Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program | Boston Children's Hospital 

Medical Co-Director, Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center | Boston Children's Hospital 

Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology | Boston Children's Hospital 

Associate Professor of Pediatrics | Harvard Medical School


Emmanuel Rusingiza, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist | University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK)


Thomas Kulik, MD

Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Attending, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit/Cardiac Inpatient Unit | Boston Children's Hospital

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Senior Associate in Cardiology | Harvard Medical School


Ronald Lacro, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist

Director, Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic | Boston Children's Hospital


Faraz Alizadeh, MD

Third Year Fellow, Cardiology | Boston Children's Hospital


Celeste Wilson, MD

Pediatrician, Division of General Pediatrics | Boston Children's Hospital

Pediatrician | Children's Hospital Primary Care Center (CHPCC) 

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics | Harvard Medical School


Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH

Co-Director, OPENPediatrics; Co-Director, Center for Educational Excellence and Innovation; Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine | Boston Children’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School

Course Director(s)

Faraz Alizadeh, MD

Third Year Fellow, Cardiology | Boston Children's Hospital

Citation

Alizadeh F, Wilson K, Wolbrink TA. Introduction to Pediatric Cardiac Disease. 09/2016. OPENPediatrics. Online Course: https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/3616/introduction-to-pediatric-cardiac-disease.

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