Pulmonary Atresia (or Pulmonary Stenosis)
Right Ventricular Hypertrophy
Ventricular Septal Defect
Overriding Aorta
tetralogy of Fallot
A child born with tetralogy of Fallot has four heart defects. The prefix "tetr-" means four.
Tetralogy of Fallot
Tetralogy of Fallot
Tetralogy of Fallot
Heart
Tetralogy of Fallot is called this because it is a congenital cardiac defect that consists of four cardiac defects. Fallot is the last name of the physician that named the condition. Tet means four. The four defects are right ventricular hypertrophy, ventricular septal defect, displaced aorta, and pulmanary valve stenosis.
Tetralogy of Fallot is the congenital cardiac anomaly that consists of four defects. These defects include an overriding aorta, pulmonary stenosis, abnormally large right ventricle, and a hole in the wall between the heart's ventricles.
Fallot's tetralogy minus Pulmonary stenosis
The Tetralogy of Fallot is a heart condition where it usually involves four anatomical abnormalities of the heart, it is a common heart defect that causes cyanosis and the most common cause of blue baby syndrome.
Dizziness associated with tetralogy of fallot comes from a lack of oxygenated blood being circulated throughout the body.
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