A mother arrives at a birth care center in full labor with no prenatal history. The mother states she has a form of mental illness that requires her to take lithium daily
The nurse knows that lithium use during pregnancy can cause which type of heart defect? 1. Hypoplastic left heart
2. Truncus arteriosus
3. An Epstein anomaly
4. Cardiomyopathy
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1. There is no known reason for the development of a hypoplastic left heart.
2. Truncus arteriosus is not linked to use of lithium during pregnancy.
3. Maternal use of lithium has a strong correlation with an Epstein anomaly, which causes the tricuspid valve to be in the right ventricle, along with an enlarged right atrium and cardiomegaly.
4. Cardiomegaly occurs in an Epstein anomaly, but is not the direct defect.
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