Q: Can Fallot’s tetralogy be inherited? A: Most cases are not inherited and future offspring will not have the condition. In some cases (about 15 percent) there is a genetic mutation and the condition ...

Tetralogy of Fallot is a group of four heart abnormalities that are present from birth. It can affect how the blood flows in the heart and how much oxygen reaches the lungs and the rest of the body. A ...

The cardiology team in the interventional radiology suite of the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana. This is not a photo of Odyssey's procedure. Odyssey, an Australian ...

A 78-year-old man was admitted to our hospital after an episode of unexplained syncope. A systolic murmur had previously been detected, and there was a history of cyanosis in his youth, which had ...

Nothing prepares an expectant parent for bad news. But that experience became part of a national discussion recently, with news that Jimmy Kimmel’s son was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect ...

A protein called BBLN is highly elevated in the tissue of babies with a severe form of congenital heart defect - tetralogy of Fallot. Researchers at ETH Zurich have been able to show how to change the ...

His son William was diagnosed with tetralogy of fallot with pulmonary atresia. — -- In an emotional monologue on his show, Jimmy Kimmel told the story of his son's harrowing first few days after ...

Tetralogy of Fallot is a heart defect with four main heart-related complications. The most common symptom of TOF is a bluish color of the skin, also known as cyanosis. Life expectancy after surgery to ...

Tetralogy of Fallot occurs in approximately 41 in 2500 live births. This congenital heart condition causes the mixing of oxygen-poor blood with oxygen-rich blood, which is then pumped out of the heart ...

Tetralogy (teh-TRAL-o-je) of Fallot (fah-LO) is a congenital heart defect. A congenital heart defect is a problem with the heart's structure which is present at birth. This type of heart defect ...