Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia is a congenital heart defect that prevents blood from flowing to your lungs. Treatment typically includes surgery during infancy. Share on Pinterest SDI ...

Tetralogy of Fallot occurs in approximately 41 in 2500 live births. This congenital heart condition causes the mixing of oxygen-poor blood with oxygen-rich blood, which is then pumped out of the heart ...

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 ...

(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.

Credit: Getty Images. While most infants do well after open-heart surgery to repair tetralogy of Fallot, long-term complications are common. Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common cyanotic ...

Credit: Getty Images Pregnancy increases blood volume and cardiac output, imposing a hemodynamic burden on the maternal heart. In women with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot, this increased workload can ...

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 ...

Electrophysiological testing with programmed ventricular stimulation (PVS) has previously been proposed as a method of risk stratification in patients with TOF. In a multicenter study, my group ...

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