title: "Tetralogy of Fallot" and Etienne-Louis Arthur Fallot.
abstract: The eponym "tetralogy of Fallot" did not become a common noun in pediatric cardiology vocabulary for several decades after Etienne-Louis Arthur Fallot's report in a French medical journal. There were others before Fallot who described the abnormal cardiac anatomical findings seen in tetralogy of Fallot, but his name became fixed to the condition's eponym primarily through Maude Abbott popularizing the term.
authors.affiliation: 3006 S. Maryland Pkwy, Suite 690, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA. WNEvans50@aol.com
authors.forename: William N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D004850:Eponyms; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000266:history*