Abstract
Fallot’s tetralogy consists of the combination of ventricular septal defect, overriding of the aorta, pulmonary stenosis and secondary right ventricular hypertrophy. The pulmonary stenosis is typically an infundibular obstruction consisting of hypertrophic muscle bundles. In addition, there may be a valvular or supravalvular stenosis with or without hypoplasia of the pulmonary valve and main pulmonary artery. Hence, the stenosis is commonly not a localized obstruction but an elongated narrowing along the right ventricular outflow tract and the pulmonary artery.
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Van Mill, G.J., Moulaert, A.J., Harinck, E. (1985). Tetralogy of Fallot and Truncus Arteriosus. In: Atlas of Two-Dimensional Echocardiography in Congenital Cardiac Defects. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5042-9_7
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