Congenital Abnormality
overriding aorta
[ oh-ver-rahy-ding ey-awr-tuh ]
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A congenital anatomic anomaly in which the aorta is positioned directly above a ventricular septal defect, thus receiving blood from both the right and left ventricles, resulting in an overall decrease In oxygenated haemoglobin and tissue cyanosis.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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An overriding aorta is a congenital heart defect where the aorta is positioned directly over a ventricular septal defect, instead of over the left ventricle. The result is that the aorta receives some blood from the right ventricle, which reduces the amount of oxygen in the blood. It is one of the four conditions of the Tetralogy of Fallot. The aortic root can be displaced toward the front (anteriorly) or directly above the septal defect, but it is always abnormally located to the right of the root of the pulmonary artery. The degree of override is quite variable, with 5-95% of the valve being connected to the right ventricle.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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