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The Norwood Procedure is a surgical intervention used for which cardiac defect?

In the normal heart, an increase in the volume of blood returning to the normal heart (preload) will

Systemic hypertension may cause decreased left ventricular function by affecting which of the following components of cardiac output the most.

The triad of clinical symptoms found with renal vein thrombosis in the neonate includes all of the following EXCEPT:

All of the following are consequences of the reversal of diastolic flow in the aorta, seen with a premature infant with a PDA, EXCEPT:

True or False: Polycythemia with hct >65 increases blood viscosity and thus resistance. 

Which of the following infants will most likely appear cyanotic? (hint: remember what causes cyanosis)

In a 28 week gestation premature infant with SEVERE life threatening hypertension, which of the following drugs would be Most helpful in using via a continuous infusion. 

True or False? Infants with cyanotic heart defects usually do not present with respiratory distress & dyspnea.

Which of the following is true of congenital heart defects that obstruct blood flow ?  Hint: think about what happens with pulmonic stenosis.