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Trilogy of Fallot
Triology of Fallot is a congenital disease of the
heart composed of several abnormalities:
1. Pulmonary stenosis (tight pulmonary valve).
2. Right ventricular enlargement.
3. Atrial septal defect (a defect in the wall between
the right and left atria).
Diagnosis
1. Echocardiography readily
diagnosis this condition.
Treatment
1. Surgical repair
Patients are usually diagnosed and treated during
childhood. Repair includes resection of the hypertrophial and
sclerotic muscle trabeculae of the Rt. ventricular outflow tract and
pulmonary valvotomy and patching of the defect in some cases.
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