Surgery of the Heart and Great Vessels

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Abstract
Tetralogy. To the surgeon, tetralogy of Fallot holds a special significance, for it was the first intracardiac congenital anomaly to be treated surgically (though palliatively, by Blalock in 1944). It continues to frequent the surgeon's operative schedule (as a corrective procedure, however), and its correction is especially graphic owing to the immediate restoration of natural color to the patient at low risk.The tetralogy is not, strictly speaking, a distinct condition, but rather a defined central portion of a spectrum of conditions ranging from the simple ventricular septal defect to simple pulmonary stenosis. By definition, the anomaly known as "tetralogy . . .