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{{CMG}} | {{CMG}}; '''Associate Editors-In-Chief:''' [[Priyamvada Singh| Priyamvada Singh, M.B.B.S.]] [mailto:psingh@perfuse.org], [[User:KeriShafer|Keri Shafer, M.D.]] [mailto:kshafer@bidmc.harvard.edu]; Atif Mohammad, M.D.; '''Assistant Editor-In-Chief:''' [[Kristin Feeney|Kristin Feeney, B.S.]] [mailto:kfeeney@perfuse.org] | ||
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Often a simple chest x-ray is enough to determine the presence of this condition. The heart may present with a "boot-like" appearance (an upturned right ventricular apex and a concave main pulmonary arterial segment), rather than the symmetric appearance of a normal heart. A right sided aortic arch may be present. | Often a simple chest x-ray is enough to determine the presence of this condition. The heart may present with a "boot-like" appearance (an upturned right ventricular apex and a concave main pulmonary arterial segment), rather than the symmetric appearance of a normal heart. A right sided aortic arch may be present. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editors-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, M.B.B.S. [2], Keri Shafer, M.D. [3]; Atif Mohammad, M.D.; Assistant Editor-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. [4]
Overview
Chest Xxay
Often a simple chest x-ray is enough to determine the presence of this condition. The heart may present with a "boot-like" appearance (an upturned right ventricular apex and a concave main pulmonary arterial segment), rather than the symmetric appearance of a normal heart. A right sided aortic arch may be present.
See also
- Trilogy of Fallot
- Pentalogy of Fallot
References
External links
- Tetralogy of Fallot information from Seattle Children's Hospital Heart Center
- Information by University of Michigan Health System
- Diagram of the condition
- Information for adults with ToF from the Adult Congenital Heart Association
- Michael Warman's Website on ToF
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