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==Pulmonary Atresia== | ==Heart Abnormality - Pulmonary Atresia== | ||
* Abnormal blood flow (as indicated by the shaded blue arrow) is from the right atrium and right ventricle through an atrial septal defect to the left side of the heart. | * Abnormal blood flow (as indicated by the shaded blue arrow) is from the right atrium and right ventricle through an atrial septal defect to the left side of the heart. | ||
* Blood can reach the pulmonary arteries only through a patent ductus arteriosus. | * Blood can reach the pulmonary arteries only through a patent ductus arteriosus. |
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Heart Abnormality - Pulmonary Atresia
- Abnormal blood flow (as indicated by the shaded blue arrow) is from the right atrium and right ventricle through an atrial septal defect to the left side of the heart.
- Blood can reach the pulmonary arteries only through a patent ductus arteriosus.
- 10% of Congenital Heart Disease
- Unequal division of trunks causes cusps to fuse to form a dome with a narrow/non-existent lumen.
- Heart-lung transplantation may be the only therapy.
Image source: Report of the Review and Implementation Committee for The Report of the Manitoba Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Inquest May 2001 image showing heart abnormalities courtesy Government of Manitoba.
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