Assessment of a term neonate at 8 hours after birth reveals tachypnea, dyspnea, sternal retractions, diminished femoral pulses, poor lower body perfusion, and cyanosis of the lower body and extremities, with a pink upper body. The nurse notifies the primary health care provider based on the interpretation that these symptoms are associated with which of the following?
1. Coarctation of the aorta.
2. Atrioventricular septal defect.
3. Pulmonary atresia.
4. Transposition of the great arteries.
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