The purpose of this paper is to establish an understanding of the rare heart disease Tetralogy of Fallot. Tetralogy of Fallot is a congenital heart defect that is present at birth, with the structure of the heart being problematic. It changes the normal flow of blood through the heart. The aspects of it being explained are the overall disease and symptoms of it. Secondly, the long term and short term effects corresponding to the particular disease. Lastly, the causes, prevention, and statistics of
before he was a year old” (Good Housekeeping). This condition is termed “tetralogy of Fallot – a term that describes a combination of heart defects including a hole between the pumping chambers of the heart and an abnormally narrowed valve and surrounding structures that link the right side of the heart to the lungs” (Learn). “The causes of tetralogy of Fallot among babies are unknown. Heart defects such as tetralogy of Fallot are thought to be caused by a combination of genes and other risk factors
Tetralogy of Fallot is a critical congenital heart defect that is presented at birth and alters the lives of families around the world. To many, TOF could be seen as inferior to other illnesses and defects due to a lack of comprehension towards the condition itself. Tetralogy of Fallot is an unfamiliar defect caused by a lack of blood flow and inconsistencies in the heart's structure, leading to the “blue baby”. TOF is often detected after an abnormal heart murmur has been picked up during an ultrasound
after birth which instigated a series of medical examination. Cyanotic spells were observed when crying while on cardiac catheterization the baby was found to have tetralogy of fallot (TOF), pulmonary atresia, and ventricular septal defects with aorta lying over the septal defects. Baby J underwent surgery to repair the tetralogy of fallot. Two weeks after she develops chronic heart failure with laboratory investigations revealing metabolic acidosis and hyperglycemia. She was put on various medications
normal heart, the left ventricle has a rather thicker wall than the right due to the fact that it has to pump oxygenated blood to the body as opposed to the right ventricle which only needs to pump deoxygenated blood to the lungs. However, Tetralogy of Fallot causes an enlargement of the right ventricular muscle due to the pulmonary stenosis in the pulmonary
Introduction This movie tells the story of a 34-year relationship between a lab assistant, Vivien Thomas, and a surgeon, Alfred Blalock. It also tells of the struggles and triumphs experienced during a journey of human development for two people whom, in turn, influence the development of a worldwide community of surgeons and their patients. It is a great example of how leaders mature and transform their consciousness to be understanding of other people and to deepen the meaning of their words,
Every mentor has their own personal style as well as it significantly influences how they behave as a part of the mentor style is his or her ability to get used to their normal responses when the situation involves something other than their normal style. The movie, Something the Lord Made by Joseph Sargent is based on a true story of two medical inventors, which are the surgeons Dr. Blalock who is creating a new technique in heart surgery and his assistant Vivien Thomas who get hired as a janitor
You will interact with numerous people during your lifetime; however, only important and significant people will make influences in your life. In the movie Something the Lord Made directed by Joseph Sargent, Vivien Thomas, an African-American carpenter who dreams of going to college and becoming a doctor, is forced to work as a lab assistant under the instructions and guidance of an arrogant and eccentric cardiologist, Dr. Alfred Blalock. Despite having no college degree, Vivien Thomas is able to
A mentor is someone who shares one’s wisdom, knowledge or experience with one’s junior person so that the person could learn and grow. Mentors have many different style of training or passing on their knowledge to other people. The movie “Something the Lord Made” directed by Joseph Sargent shows a kind of mentoring style in between the two main characters Dr. Blalock and Vivan Thomas who invent a way to treat “blue babies” back in the 40s. Vivan Thomas is a brilliant black men who wishes to go to
Tetralogy of Fallot is a rare condition caused by a combination of four heart defects that are present at birth. These defects, which affect the structure of the heart, cause oxygen-poor blood to flow out of the heart and to the rest of the body. Infants and children that are diagnosed with Tetralogy of fallot have blood that does not carry enough oxygen throughout their body, and that will cause the infants and children to have blue-tinged skin. Tetralogy of fallot is usually diagnosed during infancy
1. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (also called HLHS) is a congenital heart defect occurring during the first 8 weeks of pregnancy which leaves the left side of the heart underdeveloped and small. Normally, the right side flows blood to the lungs where oxygen is enriched before it travels to the heart’s left side while the left side of the heart pumps blood into the aorta which flows oxygen-rich blood to the body. In HLHS, the left side of the heart is not able to pump oxygen-rich blood to the body
Tetralogy of Fallow is a surgically, treatable disease characterized by all or a combination of at least four congenital birth defects. It accounts for 10% of all congenital heart defects that modify the formation of the heart. It also alters the way blood flows through the heart. Tetralogy of Fallow is usually diagnosed at birth or infancy and with surgery a child can live a relatively normal life. The prefix tetra means four and the term fallot is named after a French doctor who first discovered
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Something the Lord Made In the movie “Something the Lord Made”, Dr. Alfred Blalock, introduced open heart surgery for the cure of blue babies. These babies are cyanotic because of a heart that fails to function properly and prevents the baby’s blood from being fully oxygenated. The bluish color signifies the deoxygenated condition of the blood. In the other hand, red color signifies oxygen-rich blood. Blalock employed Vivien Thomas, initially as a janitor and then as a lab technician
person in their life have a critical heart disease. My uncle’s son has a critical heart condition where he had to get many open heart surgery when he was just a little kid. Lajerric Keyes is a 9 year old boy with a critical heart disease called tetralogy of fallot. Lajerric’s biggest dream and wish has always been to meet Ladainian Tomlinson, a MVP running back for the jets in 2006. Ladainian Tomlinson saw that this kid was suffering and decided that
Ectopia Cordis, also known as exocardia and ectocardia, is a rare and severe congenital heart defect. There are four types of Ectopia Cordis disease: thoracic (60%), abdominal (10%) cervical (5%) and thoracoabdominal (20%). Thoracic and thoracoabdominal are the two most common forms of this disease. Thoracic Ectopia Cordis is a rare congenital heart abnormality with the heart partly or completely placed outside of the thoracic cavity. It is not protected by the sternum or skin and in some cases
the division of the Cardiothoracic Surgery of the University of Cape Town at the teaching hospitals. Over the course of time, Barnard gathered fame as an intellectual, brilliant surgeon with remarkable contributions mainly in the treatment of Tetralogy of Fallot and Ebstein's anomaly, cardiac diseases. Later on in 1951, he served at the City Hospital in the post of Senior Resident Medical Officer and also at the Groote Schuur Hospital as a registrar in the Department of Medicine (The Famous People)
Congenital Lobar Emphysema II. Congenital Lobar Emphysema also known as Congenital Lobar Over-inflation (CLO) and Infantile Lobar Emphysema is a rare congenital respiratory anomaly considered by hyperinflation of one or more of the pulmonary lobes. A condition in which the neonate or infantile can get more air into the lung, than what can get rid of it, resulting in air trapping, and air to leak out into the pleura space; following in most of the cases with respiratory distress, a lobar over distended
Congenital Lobar Emphysema II. Congenital Lobar Emphysema also known as Congenital Lobar Over-inflation (CLO) and Infantile Lobar Emphysema is a rare congenital respiratory anomaly related to the hyperinflation of one or more of the pulmonary lobes. It is a condition in which the neonate or infant can accumulate more air into the lung than what can be utilized. This condition results in air trapping, and air leakage out into the pleural space and in most cases resulting in respiratory distress.
In addition, I was involved in studying utilizing of new echocardiography method namely “speckle tracking” to assess early left ventricular and right ventricular systolic dysfunction in surgically repaired tetralogy of Fallot. Also, I am currently studying utilization of pulmonary artery acceleration time as a method for evaluating right ventricular systolic function in small