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...during fetal life but usually fatal soon after birth. Often there is a hole in the wall (septum) between the auricles or between the ventricles; there may be a hole permitting all four heart chambers to communicate. The aorta may override (straddle) both right and left ventricles. The neck (infundibulum) of the right ventricle may be narrowed, retarding movement of blood to the lungs. In the most famed of all congenital defects, Pallet's tetralogy, the blue baby has an amazingly consistent pattern of four anomalies combined: overriding aorta, a hole between the ventricles, narrowing of the pulmonary valve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Surgery's New Frontier | 3/25/1957 | See Source »

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