With Regard to a Ventricular Septal Defect

Question

With regard to a ventricular septal defect,
A) a right-to-left shunt occurs in the ventricles.
B) oxygen saturation in the left ventricle decreases.
C) oxygen saturation in the right ventricle decreases.
D) blood shunts from the left to the right ventricle.

Accepted Answer

In a ventricular septal defect, blood typically shunts from the left ventricle to the right ventricle due to higher pressure in the left ventricle.