TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Congenital Heart Disease A1 - King, Lacey A1 - Young, Kelly D. A2 - Tenenbein, Milton A2 - Macias, Charles G. A2 - Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 - Yamamoto, Loren G. A2 - Schafermeyer, Robert Y1 - 2019 N1 - T2 - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5e AB - Ductal-dependent lesions typically present with sudden-onset cardiogenic shock at 1 to 2 weeks of life and require immediate prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) infusion.Congestive heart failure (CHF) typically presents in the first 6 months of infancy in children with left-to-right shunting lesions and requires immediate stabilization and medical management.Aortic coarctation may present with hypertension. Blood pressure will be higher in the upper extremities compared with the lower extremities.The number of survivors of cardiac surgery for congenital heart lesions is rapidly increasing, and emergency physicians should be aware of common complications, such as arrhythmias, residual or recurrent lesions, and endocarditis. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1155297067 ER -