Congenital heart disease congenital heart disease anatomy


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Overview
Congenital heart disease involves the malformation of the heart during fetal development. Many forms of congenital heart disease have specific anatomical deviations associated specifically with that condition.

Anatomy of a congenital heart disease
There are many anatomical variations that arise involving congenital heart disease. The following congenital heart diseases each have unique anatomical formations:
 * Aortic stenosis
 * Atrial septal defect
 * Atrioventricular canal
 * Coarctation of aorta
 * Patent ductus arteriosus
 * Tetralogy of fallot
 * Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
 * Tricuspid atresia
 * Transposition of the great arteries
 * Truncus arteriosus
 * Ventricular septal defect