Tetralogy of Fallot accounts for about 10% of all congenital heart defects. Surgery is required to repair the defect in most individuals. The Blalock-Taussig shunt (subclavian artery surgically ...

Recently, a nurse narrated to me how a couple in her neighbourhood expressed concern over how lazy their 8-year-old son was. This boy was tagged lazy largely because he refused to carry out routine ...

Scientists at the University of Manchester have this week published research, funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) which shows, for the first time, possible genetic causes of a serious ...

Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common cyanotic congenital heart defect. Long-term outcome after surgical repair is generally good. Both, timing and technique of repair have markedly changed over ...

Congenital heart disease (CHD ... of the genes identified were linked to a specific heart defect, such as tetralogy of Fallot; mutations in others produced a variety of CHD subtypes as well ...

Aneurysms (AN) of right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) following tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) repair were analyzed in 53 pts. Pulmonary-to-aortic root ratio, subpulmonic chamber size and ...

[41,42] A level II or anatomic ultrasound performed between ... The author declared she has no competing interests. Tetralogy Of Fallot: A congenital heart anomaly that consists of pulmonary ...