Objective: Compare the clinical efficacy of a minimally invasive small incision in the right axilla versus traditional median sternotomy in the surgical treatment of Tetralogy of Fallot. Methods: A ...

Predictors of an adverse event included emergency operation (odds ratio: 6.8), ejection fraction less than 45% (p < 0.001) and elevated right ventricular systolic pressure by 40 mmHg or more (p ...

Background Tachyarrhythmias and bradyarrhythmias affect 20%–50% of adult patients with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) and some of these patients will require cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED) ...

Cardiac auscultation revealed a systolic ejection murmur grade III/VI at the left sternal border. Pulmonary auscultation was normal. Chest X-ray showed no evidence of pathological images in both lung ...

Nollert G et al. (1997) Long-term survival in patients with repair of tetralogy of Fallot: 36-year follow-up of 490 survivors of the first year after surgical repair. J Am Coll Cardiol 30: 1374–1383 ...

Background The presence of mitral valve prolapse (MVP) in congenital heart disease (CHD) patients is not well described. Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common cyanotic CHD associated with ...

Transthoracic echocardiogram identified characteristics of severe generalized left ventricular systolic dysfunction, with an ejection fraction of 20%, significant secondary mitral regurgitation ...

Introduction: TOF with MAPCAs is a complex and heterogeneous disease with varying degrees of severity. Since 1992, our surgical team has followed a programmatic approach to reach complete repair with ...