[tiggerdagibit]

Oh wow! I'm so glad I came across this post. We're starting to cover this tomorrow.
Wish I could help 4x4, but thank you for making this thread active! Good luck.

[beth66335]

Try googling "Tetralogy of Fallot related to Patent Ductus Arteriosus" It gave me a whole page of sites. My son had TGV/A and they gave him meds to keep his Ductus Arteriosus open, but he did not have Tetralogy of Fallot so I don't know about the link. Hope this helps!

[bsugar888]

Thanks a bunch.....so much good information....I will be using this in 3rd semester coming in august.

[janfrn]

If it hasn't aleady been posted, check out http://cincinnatichildrens.org and take a look at the interactive cardiac section. It will make things SO much clearer in your mind, because the defects are shown in live action so you see the blood flow both pre and post op.

[4x4country]

Originally Posted by VickyRN

Examples of acyanotic (left-to-right) heart defects:
Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
Atrial septal defect (ASD)
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
Atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) (endocardial cushion defect)

Examples of acyanotic (left-to-right) heart defects:
Usually the ones starting with a "T" -
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA)
Tricuspid Atresia
Truncus Arteriosus
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)

okay after many hrs studying, i think that this needs to be corrected.
The pink should say Examples of Cyanotic (right to left) heart defects :

Think cyanotic= 3T's= Tof, truncys arteriosus, transposition of great vessel

[tiggerdagibit]

I agree.

Something we learned today to help us remember Tetralogy of Fallot...

Real--------- right ventricular hypertrophy
Oxygenation--overiding aorta
Problem------pulmonary stenosis
Very Scary---ventricular septal defect

[beth66335]

I agree also, my son was definitely cyanotic at birth.

[4x4country]

Tet of fallot= HOPS
H= hypertrophy of Rt. ventricle
0= overriding aorta
P= pulomonary stenosis
S= spetical defect (ventricle)

Thats how i remember it.