Clinical case 01
Clinical case 1
A 3-month-old infant is evaluated for poor feeding and tachypnea. Examination reveals a harsh holosystolic murmur at the left lower sternal border. Echocardiography confirms a ventricular septal defect.
In an uncomplicated ventricular septal defect shortly after birth, in which direction does blood initially shunt?
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