atrial septal defect type 2 (ASD2)
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Pathology
- congenital heart malformation
- incomplete closure of the wall between the atria resulting in blood flow from the left to the right atria
- other heart abnormalities including:
- ventricular & atrioventricular septal defects
- pulmonary valve thickening or insufficiency of the cardiac valves
- not associated with defects in the cardiac conduction system
- not associated with non-cardiac abnormalities
Genetics
- associated with defects in GATA4