Definition and Morphology It was Etienne-Louis Arthur Fallot who, in a series of papers in 1888, separated the malformation we now describe with his name from other anatomic lesions responsible for the “maladie bleue.” Although autopsy cases had been recognized…
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) gives unrestricted access to the heart and great vessels noninvasively and without ionizing radiation. It can provide biventricular functional assessment, flow measurement, myocardial viability assessment, angiography, and more, and is therefore recommended for long-term follow-up in…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians General Considerations The number of adults living with congenital heart disease (CHD) is growing faster than the number of children with CHD, and now is estimated to be at…