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DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF INAPPARENT “BLUE SPELLS” IN THE SERIOUSLY ILL PATIENT WITH TETRALOGY OF FALLOT
Author(s) -
Hawker E. E.,
Celermajer J. M.,
Cartmill T. B.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb92473.x
Subject(s) - tetralogy of fallot , medicine , tetralogy , pediatrics , propranolol , intensive care medicine , cardiology , heart disease
Two cases of tetralogy of Fallot are described in which the occurrence of “blue spells” was masked by serious intercurrent illness. Attention is drawn to the usefulness of intravenous propranolol therapy in the detection and management of these episodes.