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Congestive Heart Failure with Tetralogy of Fallot Relieved by an Aortopulmonary Shunt

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Congestive heart failure occurring in unoperated patients with otherwise uncomplicated tetralogy of Fallot (TF) is rare. We report the case of a boy who was first diagnosed as having TF when he presented at age 3 years with hypoxia and heart failure. Heart failure improved following an aortopulmonary shunt. We attributed his heart failure to cardiomyopathy associated with severe hypoxia. We believe that this report is the first one that attributes heart failure to hypoxia in an unoperated patient with tetralogy of Fallot.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA, USA

    D. G. Watson & J. C. Smith

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA, USA

    E. T. Warren

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Watson, D.G., Smith, J.C. & Warren, E.T. Congestive Heart Failure with Tetralogy of Fallot Relieved by an Aortopulmonary Shunt. Pediatr Cardiol 18, 381–384 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002469900206

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