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Endocardial Cushion Defects

Medical Definition: A spectrum of septal defects associated with persistence of the embryonic atrioventricular canal due to incomplete growth and fusion of the endocardial cushion.
Guide Notes: a heart septal defect; do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES
Also Called: Persistent Common Atrioventricular Canal,Persistent Ostium Primum
Previously Indexed: Heart Defects, Congenital (1966-1982)

Endocardial Cushion Defects Medical Definitions and Terms

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