Please join us for the CCAS Webinar Series: Pediatric combined heart and liver transplantation: A Growing Population on January 27, 2024 at 10:30am EST. This is a joint webinar from the Congenital … [Read More...]
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CCAS is a society organized within the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia. The CCAS concept originated with cardiac anesthesia directors and other key leaders at major congenital heart disease programs, who believed there was a need for a new society because of rapid advancement of highly specialized knowledge in the field, and a great increase in the numbers of patients, including adults with congenital heart disease.
Question of the Week
An 8-day-old boy born with skeletal abnormalities, congenital heart disease, hypotonia, and facial dysmorphisms presents for cardiac surgery. Genetic testing reveals a pathogenic variant in the KMT2D gene consistent with a diagnosis of Kabuki syndrome. Which of the following types of congenital heart disease is MOST likely to be present?
A. Tetralogy of Fallot
B. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS)
C. Transposition of the great arteries