Trilogy of Fallot

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Trilogy of Fallot
Classification and external resources
ICD-9 746.09, 746.8 (CDC/BPA 746.84)
MeSH D014286

The trilogy of Fallot is a congenital heart condition.

Presentation

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 has been used in the surgical correction.[1]

History

It is named for 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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