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Defeitos do septo ventricular

Last reviewed: 22 Sep 2025
Last updated: 07 Jun 2024

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • sopro sistólico na região paraesternal esquerda
  • deficit no crescimento
  • dispneia
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Other diagnostic factors

  • infecções pulmonares recorrentes
  • componente pulmonar forte da segunda bulha cardíaca
  • cianose
  • baqueteamento digital
  • infarto do miocárdio recente (geralmente dentro de um período de 3 a 5 dias)
  • trauma recente
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Risk factors

  • história familiar de cardiopatia congênita
  • Síndrome de Down (trissomia do cromossomo 21)
  • consumo materno de bebidas alcoólicas durante a gestação
  • tabagismo materno durante a gravidez
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • ecocardiografia
  • radiografia torácica
  • eletrocardiograma (ECG)
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Tests to consider

  • ressonância nuclear magnética (RNM) cardíaca
  • tomografia computadorizada (TC) cardíaca
  • cateterismo cardíaco
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

congênito: pequeno

congênito: médio ou grande

adquirida

Contributors

Authors

Kul Aggarwal, MD, MRCP, FACC
Kul Aggarwal

Professor of Clinical Medicine

University of Missouri

Columbia

MO

Disclosures

KA declares that he has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

Dr Kul Aggarwal would like to gratefully acknowledge Professor Zuhdi Lababidi, a previous contributor to this topic.

Disclosures

ZL declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Michael Cheung, BSc (Hons), MB ChB, MRCP, FRACP

Acting Head

Department of Cardiology

Royal Children's Hospital

Melbourne

Australia

Disclosures

MC declares that he has no competing interests.

Sachin Khambadkone, MD, DCH, DNB

Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer

Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health

London

UK

Disclosures

SK declares that he has no competing interests.

Tain-Yen Hsia, MD

Attending Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Medical University of South Carolina Children's Hospital

Charleston

SC

Disclosures

TYH declares that he has no competing interests.

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Key articles

Stout KS, Daniels CJ, Aboulhosn JA, et al. 2018 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of adults with congenital heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation. 2019 Apr 2;139(14):e698-800.Full text  Abstract

Baumgartner H, De Backer J, Babu-Narayan SV, et al. 2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of adult congenital heart disease. Eur Heart J. 2021 Feb 11;42(6):563-645.Full text  Abstract

Expert Panels on Cardiac Imaging and Pediatric Imaging; Krishnamurthy R, Suman G, Chan SS, et al. ACR appropriateness criteria® congenital or acquired heart disease. J Am Coll Radiol. 2023 Nov;20(11s):S351-81.Full text  Abstract

John AS, Jackson JL, Moons P, et al. Advances in managing transition to adulthood for adolescents with congenital heart disease: a practical approach to transition program design: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Apr 5;11(7):e025278.Full text  Abstract

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