Term
| Congenital Heart Defects (list acyanotic, cyanotic, 5) |
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Definition
Acyanotic: L to R shunt: Atrial Septal Defect, Ventricular Septal Defect, Patenet Ductus Arteriosus
Cyanotic: R to L shunt: tetralogy of fallot, transposition |
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Term
| Arterial Septal Defect (ASD) |
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Definition
| a hole in the interartrial septum produces a modest L to R shunt |
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Term
| Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) |
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Definition
| a hole in the membranous or muscular portion of the intraventricular septum causing a L to R shunt that is more severe with larger defects |
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Term
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Definition
| The ductus arteriosus, which normally closes after birth, remains open and a L to R shunt develops |
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| Transposition of Great Vessels |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| either just proximal(infantile) or distant (adult) to the ductus is a narrowing of the aortic lumen leading to outflow obstruction |
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