With Regard to a Ventricular Septal Defect

question 76

Multiple Choice

With regard to a ventricular septal defect,

• A) a right-to-left shunt occurs in the ventricles.
• B) oxygen saturation in the left ventricle decreases.
• C) oxygen saturation in the right ventricle decreases.
• D) blood shunts from the left to the right ventricle.

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