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. 2011;38(2):151-3.

Cardiac disease in pregnancy

Wayne J Franklin  1 , Mary Kay Benton, Dhaval R Parekh
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Cardiac disease in pregnancy

Wayne J Franklin et al. Tex Heart Inst J. 2011.
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Fig. 1 Transthoracic echocardiogram (apical 4-chamber view) shows complete atrioventricular canal defect with secondary pulmonary hypertension. Note the large atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD), right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH), and right atrial enlargement (RAE).
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