(WNDU) - Each year, only around 1600 infants are diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot. It’s a rare condition that affects the heart. The only treatment for this potentially fatal condition is surgery.

Tetralogy of Fallot is a rare condition caused by a combination of four heart defects that are present at birth. These defects, which affect the structure of the heart, cause oxygen-poor blood to flow ...

Tetralogy of Fallot is a group of four heart abnormalities that are present from birth. It can affect how the blood flows in the heart and how much oxygen reaches the lungs and the rest of the body. A ...

Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia is a congenital heart defect that prevents blood from flowing to your lungs. Treatment typically includes surgery during infancy. Share on Pinterest SDI ...

Credit: Getty Images Pregnancy increases blood volume and cardiac output, imposing a hemodynamic burden on the maternal heart. In women with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot, this increased workload can ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – At just 17-months-old, one little boy has spent nearly half his life inside a hospital, diagnosed with a rare heart defect before he was even born. Discover ...

Biventricular correction of tetralogy of Fallot was devised more than 50 years ago. Current short-term outcomes are excellent. The potential for late complications is, however, an important concern ...

THE fundamental defect of sickle-cell disease is a mutation that leads to substitution of a valine for a glutamic acid residue in the beta chains of hemoglobin. 1 When red cells containing the ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – At just 17-months-old, one little boy has spent nearly half his life inside a hospital, diagnosed with a rare heart defect before he was even born. Discover ...

Right ventricular hypertrophy Ventricular septal defect Overriding aorta (aorta displaced to the right, near the VSD) Pulmonic valve stenosis (right ventricular outflow tract obstruction) This results ...