ventricular septal defect
Noun
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A common congenital heart defect;
An abnormal opening in the septum dividing the ventricles allows blood to pass directly from the left to the right ventricle;
Large openings may cause congestive heart failure (synset 114493050)is a type of: septal defect - a congenital abnormality in the septum between the left and right sides of the heartis a part of: fallot's syndrome, fallot's tetralogy, tetralogy of fallot - a congenital heart defect producing cyanosis; characterized by four symptoms: pulmonary stenosis and ventricular septal defect and malposition of the aorta over both ventricles and hypertrophy of the right ventricle
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