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Tetralogy of Fallot Signs
6/2/11
Talley and O’Connor
- cyanotic congenital heart disease
PATHOLOGY
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VSD
right ventricular outflow tract obstruction
an over-riding aorta (overrides the VSD and is responsible for the cyanosis)
right ventricular hypertrophy secondary to outflow tract obstruction
SIGNS
Central cyanosis (mixing at the ventricular level)
Clubbing
Polycythaemia
ESM or PSM
Right ventricular heave (right ventricular enlargement)
Systolic thrill (pulmonary valve or right ventricular outflow tract obstruction)
A loud single heard sound
Jeremy Fernando (2011)