Tetralogy of Fallot

Running head: THE RARE DISEASE CALLED TETRALOGY OF FALLOT The Severity of Tetralogy of Fallot Taylor C. Lamb Bradshaw Mountain High School CAN The Rare Disease Called Tetralogy of Fallot Abstract This paper includes six research articles publishes on the internet (org., edu.) in relation to Tetralogy of Fallot. This article varies in definitions of the disease, exercise capacity and quality of life, management, recurrent pulmonary haemorrhage, case report, and treatment. The articles from Mayo Clinic

Having a diagnosis of Tetralogy of Fallot should mean having a death sentence. With an occurrence rate of 3 in every 10,000, it is the most common cause of cyanotic cardiac disease. [Wynbrandt, 366] There are four defects that commonly occur together; ventricular septal defect, hypertrophied right ventricle, malposition of the aorta, and pulmonary stenosis. For one to be diagnosed as a Tetralogy of Fallot baby, the patient must present with at least two of the four defects. Any one of these defects

What is Tetralogy Of Fallot? The definition of TOF reads, a type of congenital heart defect. Congenital means that it is present at birth (UMMC, 2013). TOF occurs when there is 4 abnormalities all together. One of the 4 abnormalities is when a massive hole is in the wall of the muscle (septum) that separates the 2 bottom pumping cambers (ventricles) of the heart. The massive hole in the abnormality itself is a VSD. A VSD is known as a Ventricular Septal Defect. Due to the location of the VSD, two

The heart cannot help but break for the suffering of children who are marked by the cruelty of congenital diseases. One such disease is tetralogy of tallot which as a congenital ailment occurs at birth and involves four different kinds of cardial defects (Mayo Clinic, 2015). The incidents of tetralogy of fallot is actually quite rare with only five out of every 10,000 developing it at birth (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2011). It is still important to be familiar with. One reason

Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) and Transposition of the great vessels (TGA) are congenital heart defects affecting the vessels of the heart. In both pathologies, patients present with cyanosis, due to abnormal communication between ventricles. The mechanisms by which cyanosis occurs differs because ToF impacts blood flow due to constriction and TGA impacts the ability of the body to receive re-oxygenated blood.1 Tetralogy of Fallot affects 10% of people with congenital heart defects. Patients present

This twelve-year-old boy from Pittsburgh, who wishes to remain anonymous, does not let anything get his spirits down, not even Tetralogy of Fallot. When he isn’t running around with his dog or playing video games, he enjoys building new wonders of the world with his Legos. No one can construct a new tower quite like him with the small colorful blocks, so when the time came for him to decide on his wish the decision was an easy one- Legoland. When he and his family leave for Florida, the excitement

Congenital Heart Disease A little girl by the name of Jaelyn was born with congenital heart disease (CHD). Jaelyn’s parents learned about her condition called Ebstein’s Anomaly during a fetal echocardiogram when her mother was only 30 weeks pregnant. The doctors and nurses at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital monitored Jaelyn in-utero to watch for hydrops (heart failure) and other indications her heart disease was affecting her growth. Jaelyn went into heart failure just five weeks later when

Tetralogy of Fallot Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a congenital heart defect. A congenital heart defect is an abnormality of the person heart that is developed while the fetus is in utero. The abnormality does change the normal direction of the hearts blood flow. TOF affects four different formations within the heart. The person that is born with TOF defect has it the rest of their life, although parts of the heart defect are repaired. Natural history TOF is a rare but very complex heart defect. This

Student Nurse: Joshua Goodwin Patient Demographics Patient Name: C, H Description of Disorder/Disease: The patient is a 1 month and 14 days old male who is diagnosisd with a congenital heart defect known as Tetralogy of Fallot. Tetralogy of Fallot consist of 4 defects: Ventricular septal defect (VSD), Overriding aorta, Pulmonary stenosis, and Right ventricular hypertrophy. This defect can result in decreased oxygen in the systemic circulation. Potential Complications: May not grow and develop properly

Introduction Tetralogy of fallot is a complicated and rare congenital heart disease. It happens in 5 out of 10000 babies where males and females are equally affected. Children with Down syndrome or DiGeorge syndrome are more common. It involves four types of heart abnormalities and malformations. The four defects are overriding aorta, pulmonary stenosis, ventricular septal defect and right ventricular hypertrophy. As a result, blood flow is significantly changed where the blood is not fully oxygenated