with the complaint of progressive shortness of breath since 2 months, more so for the last 5 days. There was no history of fever, productive cough, chest pain or hemoptysis. The girl’s mother also noticed an increase in the child’s abdominal girth and swelling around both her ankles. ...
History of pediatric cardiologyThe eponym "tetralogy of Fallot" did not become a common noun in pediatric cardiology vocabulary for several decades after tienne-Louis Arthur Fallot's report in a French medical journal. There were others before Fallot who described the abnormal cardiac anatomical ...
withthe complaint of progressive shortness of breath since 2 months, more so for the last 5 days. There was no history of fever, productive cough, chest pain orhemoptysis. The girl’s mother also noticed an increase in th...
Unnatural history of tetralogy of fallot: prospective follow-up of 40 years after surgical correction. Circulation 2014;130:1944-53.Cuypers JAAE, Menting ME, Konings EEM, Opiu P, Utens E, Helbing WA, Witsenburg M, van ...
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Left unrepaired the natural history of tetralogy of Fallot is poor, with most patients succumbing as children. Significant morbidity is due to the effects of the right-to-left shunt and includescerebral abscess, stroke,endocarditis, and the negative effects oferythrocytosis. Bertranou et al.54revie...
A 32-year-old, asymptomatic woman with history of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) presented for evaluation of her congenital heart disease. Surgical history consisted of a Blalock-Taussig shunt in early childhood and subsequent TOF repair at age 3 years. On examination, venous pressure was visualized ...
Diagnosis of left superior vena cava by clinical inspection, a new physical sign A case is presented of a patient with probable Marfan's syndrome and multiple congenital anomalies, including tetralogy of Fallot with a persistent left superior vena cava. The embryonic origin of the superior vena ...
Patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (rTOF) experience long-term chronic pulmonary valve regurgitation resulting in right ventricular (RV) dilatation. According to current guidelines, the evaluation of patients with rTOF for RV dilatation should be based on cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). Howe...
Tetralogy of Fallot - Etiology, pathophysiology, symptoms, signs, diagnosis & prognosis from the Merck Manuals - Medical Professional Version.