Valve-Sparing Options in Tetralogy of Fallot Surgery

• Published in: Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Pediatric cardiac surgery annual Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 24 - 26
• Main Author: Bacha, Emile
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 2012
• Subjects: Cardiothoracic Surgery; Catheterization; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Patient Selection; Pediatrics; Pulmonary Valve - pathology; Pulmonary Valve - physiopathology; Pulmonary Valve - surgery; Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency - etiology; Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency - pathology; Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency - prevention & control; Pulmonary Valve Stenosis - etiology; Pulmonary Valve Stenosis - pathology; Pulmonary Valve Stenosis - prevention & control; Tetralogy of Fallot - complications; Tetralogy of Fallot - diagnosis; Tetralogy of Fallot - surgery

Given late outcomes of patients with tetralogy of Fallot repaired in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as a better understanding of the late deleterious effects of pulmonary regurgitation, there is a tendency toward preservation of the pulmonary valve function during primary repair of tetralogy of Fallot...