A Child Is Born with a Hole in His Heart

question 13

Multiple Choice

A child is born with a hole in his heart between the left and right ventricles. This condition must be immediately corrected with surgery because the hole ________.

• A) will cause the flow of blood to reverse in the heart
• B) will allow blood to leak out of the heart and the child could bleed to death
• C) will cause blood to flow in the reverse direction back into veins instead of the arteries
• D) allows mixing of both oxygenated and deoxygenated blood, which reduces oxygen delivery to tissues

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