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==Overview==
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* '''Tetralogy of Fallot''' <ref> Braunwald Zipes Libby.  Heart disease: A textbook of cardiovascular medicine, 6th Edition chapter 43:W.B. Saunders ;.pp 1530</ref> is a [[congenital heart defect]] which classically has four anatomical components (ventricular septal defect, obstruction to right ventricular flow, overriding if aorta, right ventricular hypertrophy).
* '''Tetralogy of Fallot''' <ref> Braunwald Zipes Libby.  Heart disease: A textbook of cardiovascular medicine, 6th Edition chapter 43:W.B. Saunders ;.pp 1559 </ref> is a [[congenital heart defect]] which classically has four anatomical components (obstruction to right ventricular outflow, right ventricular hypertrophy, ventricular septal defect, overriding of aorta).


* It was described in 1672 by Niels Stensen and in 1888 by the French physician [[Etienne Fallot]], for whom it is named.<ref>{{WhoNamedIt|synd|2281}}</ref>  
* It was described in 1672 by Niels Stensen and in 1888 by the French physician [[Etienne Fallot]], for whom it is named.<ref>{{WhoNamedIt|synd|2281}}</ref>  
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* It is the commonest cause of [[cyanotic|cyanosis]] in children '''over one year of age''' ([[blue baby syndrome]]).
* It is the commonest cause of [[cyanotic|cyanosis]] in children '''over one year of age''' ([[blue baby syndrome]]).


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Overview

  • Tetralogy of Fallot [1] is a congenital heart defect which classically has four anatomical components (obstruction to right ventricular outflow, right ventricular hypertrophy, ventricular septal defect, overriding of aorta).
  • It was described in 1672 by Niels Stensen and in 1888 by the French physician Etienne Fallot, for whom it is named.[2]
  • Its incidence is approximately 10% of all forms of congenital heart disease.

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  1. Braunwald Zipes Libby. Heart disease: A textbook of cardiovascular medicine, 6th Edition chapter 43:W.B. Saunders ;.pp 1559
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