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Original Articles: Pediatric Cardiac

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Division of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Center of Tirana "Mother Teresa", Tirana, Albania

(Email: edvinprifti@hotmail.com).

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The association of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) or double-outlet right ventricle (DORV) with a complete atrioventricular septal defect (AVSDc) is a unique congenital heart malformation exhibiting a nonrestrictive inlet-type ventricular septal defect (VSD) with anterior extension, an ostium primum, a common unpartitioned atrioventricular valve, anterosuperior deviation of the infundibular septum, and right ventricular outflow tract obstruction (RVOTO). The anterior superior border of the VSD extends far anteriorly, presenting as a subaortic extension, caused by the unwedging of the aorta seen in AVSDc, which exaggerates the anterior extension of the VSD, and the transatrial view . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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