Congenital heart disease

High-yield congenital heart disease topics for USMLE Step 2 CK, within Cardiovascular. Below are the 18 topics this area covers, plus a worked example showing the trap-aware approach 280Bound uses.

Topics in Congenital heart disease

  • Apgar score and neonatal resuscitation
  • Atrial septal defect
  • Benign (physiologic) pediatric murmurs
  • Congenital anomalous pulmonary venous return
  • Congenital heart disease: Coarctation of the aorta
  • Congenital heart disease: Tricuspid atresia
  • Congenital heart disease: Truncus arteriosus
  • Ebstein anomaly
  • Eisenmenger syndrome
  • Fetal circulation
  • Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
  • Overview of congenital heart diseases
  • Patent ductus arteriosus
  • Patent foramen ovale
  • Tetralogy of Fallot
  • Transposition of the great arteries
  • Vascular ring
  • Ventricular septal defect

Practice Congenital heart disease the right way

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