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[Tetralogy of Fallot with absence of the left pulmonary artery]. 1990

G Xia

Among 578 cases of Tetralogy of Fallot, 19 with absence left pulmonary artery were studied. When a patient has early and serious cyanosis and the stenosis of the outflow tract of right ventricle and/or the pulmonary artery is mild under echocardiographic examination, and at the same time, hemoglobin is markedly increased and SaO is rather low, the diagnosis of Tetralogy of Fallot with unilateral absence of pulmonary artery should be considered. The value of chest X-ray film is limited in this case. The diagnosis can be confirmed by selected angiography in the right ventricle which may reveal the anatomical deformity by the curved shadow or the drum-stick extremity in the left pulmonary artery.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D011651	Pulmonary Artery	The short wide vessel arising from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle and conveying unaerated blood to the lungs.	Arteries, Pulmonary,Artery, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Arteries
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D013771	Tetralogy of Fallot	A combination of congenital heart defects consisting of four key features including VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECTS; PULMONARY STENOSIS; RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY; and a dextro-positioned AORTA. In this condition, blood from both ventricles (oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor) is pumped into the body often causing CYANOSIS.	Fallot's Tetralogy,Tetralogy, Fallot's,Fallot Tetralogy,Fallots Tetralogy,Tetralogy, Fallot,Tetralogy, Fallots