Tetralogy of Fallot

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• Causes

  • Down syndrome
  • DiGeorge syndrome
  • Alagille syndrome
  • Velocardiofacial syndrome

• Effects

  • Congenital pulmonary stenosis
  • Ventricular septal defect
  • Right ventricular hypertrophy
  • Right to left shunt
  • Overriding aorta
  • Squatting
  • Failure to thrive
  • Oligaemic lung fields
  • Boot-shaped heart
  • Right bundle branch block

• Parents

  • Cyanotic congenital heart disease

• Treatments

  • Blalock-Taussig shunt