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=== Additional anomalies === In addition, tetralogy of Fallot may present with other anatomical anomalies, including:<ref name="Francois_2016"/>{{rp|66β68}}<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Hennein HA, Mosca RS, Urcelay G, Crowley DC, Bove EL | title = Intermediate results after complete repair of tetralogy of Fallot in neonates | journal = The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | volume = 109 | issue = 2 | pages = 332β342, 344; discussion 342β343 | date = February 1995 | pmid = 7531798 | doi = 10.1016/S0022-5223(95)70395-0 | doi-access = free }}</ref> * stenosis of the [[left pulmonary artery]], in 40% * a [[bicuspid pulmonary valve]], in 60% * [[right-sided aortic arch]], in 25% * [[coronary artery]] anomalies, in 10% * a patent [[Foramen ovale (heart)|foramen ovale]] or [[atrial septal defect]], in which case the syndrome is sometimes called a pentalogy of Fallot<ref name="pmid7787464">{{cite journal | vauthors = Cheng TO | title = Pentalogy of Cantrell vs pentalogy of Fallot | journal = Texas Heart Institute Journal | volume = 22 | issue = 1 | pages = 111β112 | year = 1995 | pmid = 7787464 | pmc = 325224 }}</ref> * an [[atrioventricular septal defect]] * partially or totally [[anomalous pulmonary venous return]] Tetralogy of Fallot with [[pulmonary atresia]] (''pseudotruncus arteriosus'') is a severe variant<ref name="pmid19079949">{{cite journal | vauthors = Farouk A, Zahka K, Siwik E, Erenberg F, Al-Khatib Y, Golden A, Karimi M, Uddin M, Hennein HA | display-authors = 6 | title = Individualized approach to the surgical treatment of tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia | journal = Cardiology in the Young | volume = 19 | issue = 1 | pages = 76β85 | date = February 2009 | pmid = 19079949 | doi = 10.1017/S1047951108003430 | doi-broken-date = 2024-11-14 | s2cid = 2529238 }}</ref> in which there is complete obstruction (atresia) of the right ventricular outflow tract, causing an absence of the pulmonary trunk during embryonic development.<ref name="Francois_2016"/>{{rp|67β68}} In these individuals, blood shunts completely from the right ventricle to the left where it is pumped only through the aorta. The lungs are perfused via extensive collaterals from the systemic arteries, and sometimes also via the ductus arteriosus.<ref name="Francois_2016"/>{{rp|67β68}}
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