Pulmonary atresia classification

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, M.B.B.S. [2], Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [3]; Assistant Editor(s)-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. [4]

Overview

Pulmonary atresia can be classified into two forms: with intact ventricular septum and with ventricular septal defect. Additionally, pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum can be further classified into type I or type II depending largely on the complexity of the cardiac lesion as characterized by one of two patterns of pathophysiology.

Classification

There are two forms of pulmonary atresia.

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