Right ventricular outflow tract obstruction anatomy
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Anatomy
- Typically the valve is domed shaped with fused commissures.
- If the foramen ovale is patent, then right to left shunting can occur at the atrial level.
- If there is pulmonary atresia with an intact ventricular septum then these patients die soon after birth.