Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2011
Examination of a 9-month-old girl revealed skin pallor, cyanosis during excitement. Percussion revealed transverse dilatation of cardiac borders. Auscultation revealed continuous systolic murmur to the left of the breastbone in the 3-4 intercostal space. This murmur is conducted above the whole cardiac region to the back. What congenital cardiac pathology can be suspected?
Answer options
- Defect of interatrial septum
- Fallot’s tetrad
- Coarctation of aorta
- Defect of interventricular septum
- Pulmonary artery stenosis
Correct answer
Defect of interventricular septum
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