Lecture 1 / Palliative procedures & Corrective surgeries for Congenital Heart Defects

Question 1

3 Palliative Surgeries to treat Tetralogy of Fallot

Answer 1

• BT shunt
• Waterson-Cooley Shunt
• Potts Shunt

Question 2

5 Corrective Surgeries to treat Tetralogy of Fallot

Answer 2

- Stenotic PA Valve = 
  Commisurotomy / 
   valvuloplasty / Valvectomy 
- PA Stenosis & RVOT  
  obstruction = Transannular 
  patch and/or rescection of 
  obstruction.
- VSD Closure
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Question 3

Great Congenital Website

Answer 3

http://www.pted.org/?id=coarctation2