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Preferred term

Tetralogy of Fallot  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A combination of congenital heart defects consisting of four key features including VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECTS; PULMONARY STENOSIS; RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY; and a dextro-positioned AORTA. In this condition, blood from both ventricles (oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor) is pumped into the body often causing CYANOSIS.

Entry terms

  • Fallot's Tetralogy
  • Tetralogy, Fallot's

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CD27G0R2-J

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