title: Coarctation of the aorta in the setting of tetralogy of Fallot: an uncommon cause of myocardial dysfunction.
abstract: The combination of both right and left heart obstruction has only rarely been described in the medical literature. We present three cases of coarctation of the aorta in patients with variants of tetralogy of Fallot and hypothesise that this condition may be more common than previously suspected and could represent a hidden cause of morbidity in patients with pulmonary atresia/ventricular septal defect.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Sibley Heart Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, United States of America.
authors.forename: Glen J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Iannucci
authors.forename: William T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Mahle
authors.forename: Martha L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Clabby
mesh_terms: D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000150:complications*; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications*; D018754:Ventricular Dysfunction / Q000209:etiology*; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000150:complications