Pathological Anatomy. Atlas of Macroscopic Specimens - Part 2. Pathology of Individual Organs and Systems - A. M. Romaniuk 2016
Pathology of pregnancy and childbirth. Malformations
Heart defect
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Heart Defect
The specimen shows The Heart of a newborn infant. Defects (openings) are present in the septa, connecting the heart chambers to one another. This pathology most commonly occurs in the membranous part of the interventricular septum. It is characterized by a left-to-right shunt without The Development of cyanosis and Hypoxia (the "white" type of congenital heart disease). Complete absence of the interventricular septum leads to The formation of a three-chambered heart.
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