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Tetralogy of Fallot
In medicine, the Tetralogy of Fallot is a significant and complex congenital defect[?] of the heart, involving four different heart malformations[?]:
- The first is a ventricular[?] septal defect (VSD), a hole between the two bottom chambers (ventricles) of the heart.
- The second is Pulmonary stenosis[?], a narrowing at or just below the pulmonary valve[?].
- The third is the aorta is positioned over the ventricular septal defect instead of in the left ventricle.
- Fourth, the right ventricle is more muscular than normal.
External links
- Information (http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/chheart/care04.htm) by University of Michigan Health System
- Diagram of the condition (http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/CVHTML/CV102)
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