MEDICAL MCQs ( PLAB, MRCP, USMLE, FRCR, MRCS, MBBS )

Question Number 1306

Question:
The following are true of congenital heart disease in newborn infants

a) Ventricular septal defects are most commonly of the membranous type
b) patent ductus arteriosus is associated with the rubella syndrome
c) in truncus arteriosus the right and left pulmonary arteries usually arise directly from the sides of the persistent trunk
d) In the tetralogy of Fallot the aorta typicaly overrides the interventricular septum
e) co-arctation of the aorta is a common cause of heart failure in the neonate