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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
It was described in 1672 by Niels Stensen and in 1888 by the French physician [[Etienne Fallot]], for whom it is named.<ref>{{WhoNamedIt|synd|2281}}</ref> | * '''Tetralogy of Fallot''' is a [[congenital heart defect]] which classically has four anatomical components. | ||
* Its incidence is approximately 10% of all forms of congenital heart disease. | |||
* It is the commonest cause of [[Cyanosis|cyanotic]] in children over one year of age [[blue baby syndrome]]. | |||
* It was described in 1672 by Niels Stensen and in 1888 by the French physician [[Etienne Fallot]], for whom it is named.<ref>{{WhoNamedIt|synd|2281}}</ref> | |||
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Overview
- Tetralogy of Fallot is a congenital heart defect which classically has four anatomical components.
- Its incidence is approximately 10% of all forms of congenital heart disease.
- It is the commonest cause of cyanotic in children over one year of age blue baby syndrome.
- It was described in 1672 by Niels Stensen and in 1888 by the French physician Etienne Fallot, for whom it is named.[2]
de:Fallot-Tetralogie it:Tetralogia di Fallot nl:Tetralogie van Fallot nn:Fallots tetrade uk:Тетрада Фалло
- ↑ Braunwald Zipes Libby. Heart disease: A textbook of cardiovascular medicine, 6th Edition chapter 43:W.B. Saunders ;.pp 1530
- ↑ Template:WhoNamedIt