Gamuts

Right-to-left ventricular shunt

A right-to-left shunt is a cardiac shunt which allows blood to flow from the right heart to the left heart. This terminology is used both for the abnormal state in humans and for normal physiological shunts in reptiles. [Source: Wikipedia ]

May Be Caused by
Complete transposition of great vessels with ventricular septal defect
Corrected transposition of great vessels with ventricular septal defect and marked pulmonic stenosis
Double outlet right ventricle
Eisenmenger syndrome
Single ventricle
Tetralogy of Fallot
Truncus arteriosus
May Be Caused by
Complete transposition of great vessels with ventricular septal defect
Corrected transposition of great vessels with ventricular septal defect and marked pulmonic stenosis
Double outlet right ventricle
Eisenmenger syndrome
Single ventricle
Tetralogy of Fallot
Truncus arteriosus


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