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... > Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Heart Defects, Congenital > Heart Septal Defects > Aortopulmonary Septal Defect > Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent
... > Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Cardiovascular Abnormalities > Heart Defects, Congenital > Heart Septal Defects > Aortopulmonary Septal Defect > Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent
... > Cardiovascular Diseases > Cardiovascular Abnormalities > Heart Defects, Congenital > Heart Septal Defects > Aortopulmonary Septal Defect > Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent

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Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Arteriosus Communis, Truncus
  • Persistent Truncus Arteriosus
  • Truncus Arteriosus Communi
  • Truncus Arteriosus Communis

Scope note

  • A congenital anomaly caused by the failed development of TRUNCUS ARTERIOSUS into separate AORTA and PULMONARY ARTERY. It is characterized by a single arterial trunk that forms the outlet for both HEART VENTRICLES and gives rise to the systemic, pulmonary, and coronary arteries. It is always accompanied by a ventricular septal defect.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014339

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