A 1-month-old infant was diagnosed with truncus arteriosus (TA)with a ventricular septal defect.Which of the following would the nurse also expect?
A) Hypertrophy of the aorta and major arteries
B) Transposition of the aorta and the pulmonary trunk
C) The aorta returning blood to the right atrium
D) Blood from both ventricles mixing in a common vessel

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TA is failure of normal separation and division of the embryonic outflow track into a pulmonary artery and an aorta,resulting in a single vessel that exits the heart.
TA is failure of normal separation and division of the embryonic outflow track into a pulmonary artery and an aorta,resulting in a single vessel that exits the heart.It does not involve hypertrophy of the aorta.
TA is failure of normal separation and division of the embryonic outflow track into a pulmonary artery and an aorta,resulting in a single vessel that exits the heart.It does not involve transposition of the aorta.
TA is failure of normal separation and division of the embryonic outflow track into a pulmonary artery and an aorta,resulting in a single vessel that exits the heart.It does not involve the aorta returning blood to the right atrium.

A 1-Month-Old Infant Was Diagnosed with Truncus Arteriosus (TA)with a Ventricular