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Tetralogy of fallot with absent pulmonary valve

Congenital absence of pulmonary valve syndrome (APV) represents a fascinating and unique variant of congenital heart disease. It was Chever in 1847 who first described this unique structural heart defect...

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Patent foramen ovale (PFO)

A hole in your heart would seem to be the very definition of a "problem." Yet more than a quarter of the population has one, and for most it causes..

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Fetal circulation

The blood that flows through the fetus is actually more complicated than after the baby is born (). This is because the mother (the placenta) is doing the work that..

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