2. Pulmonary Atresia with a Ventricular Septal Defect: Here the hole in the atrial septum causes blood to intermittently flow into and out from the right ventricle.

Pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect has become a prevalent topic in cardiology due to TV personality and comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s announcement in May that his new son has the ...

Q: How is Fallot’s tetralogy similar to pulmonary atresia with VSD? A: In tetralogy of Fallot, the pulmonary valve (PV) forms, although the opening is narrow and blood has trouble flowing ...

The term ‘pulmonary’ refers to the lungs and ‘atresia’ means missing, so pulmonary atresia is a congenital heart defect in which the pulmonary valve of the infant is missing. The pulmonary ...

Later that night, a pediatric cardiologist diagnosed Billy with Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) with pulmonary atresia, a severe variety of a combo pack of four related congenital heart defects named ...

The baby, named Billy, was born with a condition called "tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia," Kimmel told viewers. Billy had open-heart surgery on April 24 and went home six days later, on ...

Nate has had a tough 18 months. Born in June 2015 with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) with pulmonary atresia, the 7.1-pound infant had trouble breathing shortly after birth.

Just three days after Billy was born, Kimmel announced on his show that the little boy would need open-heart surgery for his congenital heart condition, tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia ...