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An infant has tricuspid atresia. how should the nurse interpret this finding?

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Tricuspid atresia is a congenital heart disease in which the tricuspid valve is missing (absent).

Therefore, a child suffering from Tricuspid atresia will be having no communication from the right atrium to the right ventricle due to the absence of right atrioventricular connection.
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