LA85.4

Common arterial trunk

Tronco arterial comum

Definition

A congenital cardiovascular malformation in which a single arterial trunk arises from the heart, giving origin sequentially to the coronary arteries, one or more pulmonary arteries, and the systemic arterial circulation.

Inclusions

persistent truncus arteriosus
truncus arteriosus

Subcategories (2)

LA85.40Common arterial trunk with aortic dominance LA85.41Common arterial trunk with pulmonary dominance and interrupted aortic arch

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