Definitions for "Truncus arteriosus"
Congenital heart defect consisting of a ventricular septal defect (VSD) and a single large arterial trunk exiting both ventricles.
name applied to the aorta at the point where it exits the ventricle
conotruncal heart defect where a single blood vessel replaces the pulmonary artery (leading to the lungs) and the aorta (leading to the rest of the body); this results in mixing of oxygenated and depleted blood.
Keywords:  entry, edited, heart, notes
entry to be edited | (More? Heart Notes)
Keywords:  common, see
See Common Truncus