A baby boy born to a mother who had rubella in the first trimester of pregnancy became cyanotic toward the end of the first week of his life. During the work-up it was shown that the infant had pulmonary artery stenosis

The aorta was retroposed and was overriding a septal defect. Most likely the septal defect involved the
A. atrial foramen ovale
B. foramen primum
C. coronary sinus
D. membranous part of the interventricular septum
E. muscular part of the interventricular septum


D
This infant has tetralogy of Fallot, a cyanotic developmental heart malformation comprising dextroposition of the aorta ("overriding aorta"), pulmonary artery stenosis, right ventricular hypertrophy, and a ventricular septal defect usually involving the upper (membranous) part of the septum.

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