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Congenital heart disease
Cyanotic Heart Defect
Truncus Arteriosus
Truncus Arteriosus
The child is born with one large blood vessel (that is actually supposed to be two) that receives blood from the hearts ventricles – oxygenated and deoxygenated blood mixes when they are supposed to be separate.
Can cause heart failure and death.