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Partial atrioventricular canal

Synonyms
Partial AVSD; Partial atrioventricular canal defect; Partial atrioventricular septal defects; Partial common atrioventricular canal
Modes of inheritance
Not genetically inherited (Orphanet)

Summary

A specific combination of heart defects including a primum atrial septal defect and cleft anterior mitral valve leaflet. There is not an inlet ventricular septal defect present. There are two valve annuluses and two valve orifices. [from HPO]

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