CIA Atrial Septal Defects Quiz

What is the most common age group affected by atrial septal defects?

• Children

• Teenagers

• Adults and girls

• Adults and boys

Which gender is more likely to have atrial septal defects?

• Boys

• Girls

• Men

• Women

Where can atrial septal defects occur?

• Only in the upper portion of the atrial septum

• Only in the lower portion of the atrial septum

• In any portion of the atrial septum

• In the ventricular septum

What is the size of a small atrial septal defect?

• Less than 0.1 cm in diameter

• 0.5 cm in diameter

• 1 cm in diameter

• More than 2 cm in diameter

What are the symptoms of a small atrial septal defect?

• Significant shunting of blood

• No clinically significant shunting

• Heart failure

• Chest deformity

What is the auscultatory finding in atrial septal defects?

• Wide and fixed splitting of the first heart sound

• Mid-systolic pulmonary flow murmur

• Mid-diastolic rumbling murmur

• Prolonged emptying of the left ventricle

Which type of atrial septal defect is more severe?

• Ostium primun

• Ostium secundum

• Sinus venosus

• Coronary sinus

What is the size of a large atrial septal defect?

• Less than 0.1 cm in diameter

• 0.5 cm in diameter

• 1 cm in diameter

• More than 2 cm in diameter

What is the characteristic sound heard in atrial septal defects?

• Widened split first heart sound

• Widened split second heart sound

• Murmur during systole

• Murmur during diastole

What are the signs of heart failure in atrial septal defects?

• Atrial enlargement

• Chest deformity

• Shortness of breath

• All of the above