Trilogy of Fallot

Trilogy of Fallot
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The trilogy of Fallot is a congenital heart disease consisting of the following defects: pulmonary valve stenosis, right ventricular hypertrophy and atrial septal defect. This disease is 1.6-1.8% of all congenital heart defects.

Mechanism

It consists of the following:

The first two of these are also found in the tetralogy of Fallot. However, the tetralogy has a ventricular septal defect instead of an atrial one, and it also involves an overriding aorta.

Treatment

Thoracotomy is used to surgically correct this pathology.[1]

History

It is named in honor of its discoverer: Etienne Fallot.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Wang YQ, Chen RK, Ye WW, et al. (1999). "Open-heart surgery in 48 patients via a small right anterolateral thoracotomy". Tex Heart Inst J. 26 (2): 124–8. PMC 325616. PMID 10397435.
  2. ↑ synd/2283 at Who Named It?
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