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Tetralogy of fallot is a congenital condition of the heart that manifests in four distinct anomalies of the infant heart. it is considered a cyanotic heart defect because of the right-to-left shunting of the blood through the ventricular septal defect. a hallmark of this condition is the "tet spells" that occur in these children. what is a tet spell?

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The tet spell is A hypercyanotic attack brought on by periods of stress. The condition in which occur in this children was called a tet spell. Tet spell is define as the babies who have a tetralogy of fallot that suddenly develop deep nlue skin, lips and nails after feeding or crying or when agitated.
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