Double Outlet Right Ventricle (DORV)

Double Outlet Right Ventricle (DORV) [outlet=passage for exit, ventricles=lower chambers of the heart] – both vessels (aorta & pulmonary artery) carrying blood away from the heart come out of the right ventricle. (Normally the aorta carries oxygen-rich blood from the left ventricle and the pulmonary artery carries oxygen-poor blood from the right ventricle).

Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) [ventricles=lower chambers of the heart, septal=wall, defect=flaw]: one or more holes in the wall separating the two lower chambers of the heart.

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