Q: Can Fallot’s tetralogy be inherited? A: Most cases are not inherited and future offspring will not have the condition. In some cases (about 15 percent) there is a genetic mutation and the condition ...

Biventricular correction of tetralogy of Fallot was devised more than 50 years ago. Current short-term outcomes are excellent. The potential for late complications is, however, an important concern ...

(WNDU) - Each year, only around 1600 infants are diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot. It’s a rare condition that affects the heart. The only treatment for this potentially fatal condition is surgery.

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Raise your hand if you had never heard of Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia before Monday's episode of ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live. Awareness of this serious congenital heart defect got a big ...

Shaun White is the epitome of what it means to be an Olympian. His strength, perseverance, and heart — a surgically-repaired heart — have earned him a place at four consecutive Winter Olympics. As a ...

THE fundamental defect of sickle-cell disease is a mutation that leads to substitution of a valine for a glutamic acid residue in the beta chains of hemoglobin. 1 When red cells containing the ...

Heart surgeries have improved a lot over the years. Thanks to advances in medicine, many children born with heart issues can now live healthy lives. Among these complex conditions is Tetralogy of ...

The cardiology team in the interventional radiology suite of the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana. This is not a photo of Odyssey's procedure. Odyssey, an Australian ...

Among nearly 4.3 million pregnancies in a Medicaid database and a commercial insurance database, the adjusted pooled relative ...