Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common cyanotic congenital heart defect. The overall incidence is about 5 in 10,000 individuals. Originally described in 1672, it was named after Dr. Étienne-Louis Arthur Fallot in 1888.
Read MoreThe aorta and the pulmonary artery are the two main arteries ("Great Arteries") that carry blood away from the heart. In the normal heart, the pulmonary artery is connected to the right ventricle and carries oxygen-poor blue blood returning from the body to the lungs, where it becomes oxygenated.
Read MoreThe arterial switch operation is the preferred method of repairing transposition of the great arteries in this day and age. In transposition of the great arteries, the aorta arises from the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery from the left ventricle. Deoxygenated, or blue blood, returning from the body is sent directly back out to the body again.
Read MoreTricuspid atresia is a type of congenital heart disease in which the tricuspid valve fails to develop properly. Typically there is simply a plate of tissue where the normal tricuspid valve should be.
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