“We have made a striking discovery. You may recall that the fourth case of congenital heart disease which we reported in Rochester, New York, last year was still alive at the age of 58 ½ years. We were bold enough to make a diagnosis as you may remember of Tetralogy of Fallot. The paper was published in the American Heart Journal for last October, Volume III, page 77…Two weeks ago he had left hemiplegia which persisted completely. He died three days ago at the age of 59 and a little less than 8 months. His heart showed a moderately large interventricular septal defect about 3 cm in diameter with low pulmonic or rather infundibular stenosis, dextroposition of the aorta and a large right ventricle, thus confirming the diagnosis of Tetralogy of Fallot….”