An example of an acyanotic heart defect is
A) tetralogy of Fallot.
B) transposition of the great arteries.
C) ventricular septal defect.
D) all right-to-left shunt defects.

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An example of an acyanotic heart defect is a ventricular septal defect.In this condition,blood from the left ventricle leaks into the right ventricle because of a defect in the ventricular wall.This leakage causes extra pressure in the right ventricle resulting in pulmonary hypertension.Tetralogy of Fallot is a cyanotic congenital defect.Transposition of the great vessels is a cyanotic congenital defect.The category of cyanotic congenital defects refers to those that are right-to-left shunts.

An Example of an Acyanotic Heart Defect Is