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Los bebés con esta afección normalmente no tienen ningún síntoma.
Si los síntomas en verdad se presentan, pueden abarcar:
Esta afección normalmente no se diagnostica hasta posteriormente en la vida. Generalmente se diagnostica durante exámenes que se hacen para otras cardiopatías. Sin embargo, el médico puede escuchar un soplo cardíaco que conducirá al diagnóstico con exámenes adicionales.
Los exámenes para determinar el tamaño de la fístula abarcan:
Park MK. Park: Pediatric Cardiology for Practitioners. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby; 2008.
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