When educating the parents of a cyanotic infant diagnosed with of tetralogy of Fallot, the nurse will include which of the following statements related to the physiological abnormalities? The infant has: Select all that apply
A) A hole in the ventricular septal
B) A small, narrow pulmonary outflow channel
C) A large, thick, right ventricular wall
D) A very small, narrow aorta
E) The pulmonary artery arises from the left ventricle
Ans: A, B, C
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Tetralogy of Fallot consists of four associated defects: a ventricular septal defect; dextroposition of the aorta; obstruction or narrowing of the pulmonary outflow channel; and hypertrophy of the right ventricle. Narrowing, or coarctation, of the aorta is not associated with tetralogy of Fallot. Rising of pulmonary arteries from the left ventricle instead of the right is a sign of transposition of the great vessels.
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