UKMLA PLAB AMC USMLE Prometric MCQ

Question Number 0718

Question:
During her baby's routine two-month checkup, a pediatrician tells a monther that she heard a murmur on her baby's heart. The baby is gaining weight normally and appears otherwise normal. She is referred us to a pediatric cardiologist who performs an ultrasound and then tells the mother that he has discovered an opening in the heart which should have been closed when she was a few weeks old. Which of the following would the cardiologist most likely do next?

a) rifampicin
b) therapeutic phlebotomy
c) vasodilator
d) Prostaglandin E1
e) review in six months time