A 32-Year-Old Man Comes to the Emergency Room Due to Severe

A 32-year-old man comes to the emergency room due to severe headaches and vomiting.  Soon after, he becomes comatose and expires despite extensive resuscitation efforts.  Autopsy shows a ruptured cerebral aneurysm with extensive intracranial hemorrhage and a congenital heart defect.  This patient's presentation is most likely associated with which of the following abnormalities?

A) Coarctation of the aorta
B) Patent ductus arteriosus
C) Primum-type atrial septal defect
D) Secundum-type atrial septal defect
E) Tetralogy of Fallot
F) Ventricular septal defect

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