pseudotruncus arteriosus /pseu·do·trun·cus ar·te·ri·o·sus/ (-trunk´us ahr-tēr″e-o´sus) the most severe form of tetralogy of Fallot.
pseudotruncus arteriosus
pseudotruncus arteriosus [soo″do-trunk´us ahr-te″re-o´sus]
pseu·do·trun·cus ar·te·ri·o·sus (s  d -tr ng k s är-tîr -ss)n. A congenital cardiovascular deformity characterized by atresia of the pulmonic valve and the lack of a main pulmonary artery with the lungs being supplied with blood either through an arterial duct or via bronchial arteries arising from the aorta. |
pseudotruncus arteriosus
[-trung′kəs]
a condition in which blood is carried to the pulmonary arteries by collateral vessels.
pseudotruncus arteriosus [soo″do-trunk´us ahr-te″re-o´sus]
the most severe form of tetralogy of fallot, consisting of atresia of the pulmonic valve and absence of the main pulmonic artery; the lungs are supplied through a patent ductus arteriosus or from bronchial arteries arising from the aorta.
pseudotruncus arteriosus
the most severe form of tetralogy of Fallot.
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