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Congenital Heart Defects: Causes, Investigations, Septal Defects, Coarctation and Pulmonary Stenosis

KRCHN class notes for the March and September intake. Etiology covers maternal conditions such as diabetes and rubella and the teratogenic drugs, then the laboratory and imaging work-up including echocardiography and catheterisation. The defects themselves run through ventricular septal defect with its incidence, pulmonary stenosis, coarctation of the aorta, cyanosis and closure of the ductus arteriosus with indomethacin in the preterm baby.

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