Pulmonary atresia classification


 * Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, M.B.B.S. [mailto:psingh@perfuse.org], ; Assistant Editor(s)-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. [mailto:kfeeney@perfuse.org]

Overview
Pulmonary atresia can be classified into two forms: with intact ventricular septum and with ventricular septal defect. Additionally, pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum can be further classified into type I or type II depending largely on the complexity of the cardiac lesion as characterized by one of two patterns of pathophysiology.

Classification
There are two forms of pulmonary atresia.