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Coarctation of the aorta in the setting of tetralogy of Fallot: an uncommon cause of myocardial dysfunction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2012

Glen J. Iannucci ,
William T. Mahle  and
Martha L. Clabby
Glen J. Iannucci*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Sibley Heart Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, United States of America
William T. Mahle
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Sibley Heart Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, United States of America
Martha L. Clabby
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Sibley Heart Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: Dr G. J. Iannucci, MD, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Sibley Heart Center, Emory University School of Medicine, 1405 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30322-1062, United States of America. Tel: +1 404 256 2593; Fax: +1 770 488 9013; E-mail: iannuccig@kidsheart.com
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Abstract

The combination of both right and left heart obstruction has only rarely been described in the medical literature. We present three cases of coarctation of the aorta in patients with variants of tetralogy of Fallot and hypothesise that this condition may be more common than previously suspected and could represent a hidden cause of morbidity in patients with pulmonary atresia/ventricular septal defect.

Keywords

Coarctation of the aortatetralogy of Fallotmyocardial dysfunctionpulmonary atresia
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , August 2013 , pp. 617 - 619
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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