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What is the prognosis for a child with Tetralogy of Fallot?
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often correct themselves without medical treatments by the age of two. If this dose not happen, surgery is done by sewing the hole closed, or by sewing a patch of Dacron material or a piece of the sac that surrounds the heart. In contemporary time it is repaired without an open heart surgery . catheterization is use where a small catheter is inserted to the heart via the viens from the leg up to the heart . Two kinds are available of the filling material of the hole . One kind is a disc filled with polyster and the other one is an umbrella shaped materail that fills the hole in .
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoSurgical correction has a high rate of success, returning the child to near--normal health.
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∙ 13y agoIndividuals with small defects can live a normal life, but larger defects require surgical correction. Less than 1% of people younger than 45 years of age die from corrective surgery
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∙ 11y agoTreatment. In the past, atrial septal defect (ASD) closure required open-heart surgery through an incision in the chest using a heart-lung bypass machine.
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How many actual heart defects are present in a child born with tetralogy of Fallot?
A child born with tetralogy of Fallot has four heart defects. The prefix "tetr-" means four.
Congenital malformation involving four separate heart defects?
tetralogy of Fallot
What is fallot's traid?
Fallot's tetralogy minus Pulmonary stenosis
Dizziness associated with tetralogy of fallot?
Dizziness associated with tetralogy of fallot comes from a lack of oxygenated blood being circulated throughout the body.
Diagnostic exams for tetralogy of fallot?
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What are the release dates for Birth Day - 2000 Cystocele and Tetralogy of Fallot?
Birth Day - 2000 Cystocele and Tetralogy of Fallot was released on: USA: 17 September 2002
Famous people with tetralogy of fallot?
Shawn White, for one.
What color is the skin of a baby born with tetraogy of fallot?
The skin of a baby born with Tetralogy of Fallot has a blue tint.
Why is it that the child will prefer to assume a squatting position in tetralogy of fallot?
decreased pulmonary venous return to reduce R to L shunt
How do you pronounce fallot as in tetralogy of fallot?
The 't' is silent, so it sounds like fallow, with the 'o' having a long sound.
How many babies with tetralogy of fallot have digeorge syndrome?
I'm not sure how many children with tetralogy of fallot have digeorge however my son has tetralogy of fallot repaired in 2006. He also has a partial deletion of chromosome 22 DiGeorge Syndrome. He is doing really well and his speech/articulation is emerging.
What is caused by abnormal embryonic development and includes four defects?
Tetralogy of Fallot
