Read the Following Excerpt from a Patient's Health Record: Sharon

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Read the following excerpt from a patient's health record: Sharon Jackson is a 12-month-old female with a history of VSD first discovered on echocardiogram shortly after birth. She has been followed by a cardiologist. She had been stable until the past month, when her parents noticed that she had increased difficulty eating. She would sweat after eating and become cyanotic with exertion. According to this patient's medical history, which of the following statements is NOT true?

• A) Sharon had an ECHO that revealed a flaw in the septum that divides the two upper chambers of the heart.
• B) Sharon had an ECHO that revealed a flaw in the septum that divides the two lower chambers of the heart.
• C) Sharon had symptoms consistent with a lack of oxygen after she exerted herself.
• D) Sharon's skin became bluish in color after physical exertion.
• E) Sharon's mother took her to a heart specialist.

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