Specialty medical genetics | MeSH D014286 | |
ICD-10 Q21.3ICD9 = 746.09, 746.8 (CDC/BPA 746.84) | ||
The trilogy of Fallot is a congenital heart disease consisting of the following defects: pulmonary valve stenosis, right ventricular hypertrophy and atrial septal defect. This disease is 1.6-1.8% of all congenital heart defects.
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Mechanism
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 is used to surgically correct this pathology.
History
It is named in honor of its discoverer: Etienne Fallot.
References
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