Congenital Heart Disease USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 6-week-old female infant presents with poor feeding, failure to thrive, and respiratory distress. Physical examination reveals a hyperdynamic precordium, bounding pulses, and a continuous 'machinery' murmur at the left infraclavicular region. The patient was born to a mother who had rubella infection during the first trimester. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
Answer choices
- APulmonary stenosis
- BPatent ductus arteriosusCorrect answer
- CCoarctation of the aorta
- DAortic stenosis
- EAtrial septal defect
- FVentricular septal defect
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