Total correction of tetralogy of fallot in adults-surgical experience

A total of 100 patients of tetralogy of Fallot aged 13 years and over were operated upon at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India between January 1991 and December 1996. There were 69 males (69%) and 31 females (31%). Age ranged from 13 years to 43 years (mean 19.66 years). T...

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Published inInternational journal of cardiology Vol. 63; no. 2; pp. 121 - 128
Main Authors Rammohan, M, Airan, Balram, Bhan, Anil, Sharma, Rajesh, Srivastava, Sushant, Saxena, Anitá, Sampath, Kumar A, Venugopal, P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 31.01.1998
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Adult patient
Age Factors
Angiography
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac Surgical Procedures - adverse effects
Cardiac Surgical Procedures - methods
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hospital Mortality
Humans
India
Length of Stay
Male
Medical sciences
Palliative Care
Reoperation
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the heart
Survival Rate
Tetralogy of Fallot
Tetralogy of Fallot - diagnostic imaging
Tetralogy of Fallot - mortality
Tetralogy of Fallot - surgery
Total correction
Tetralogy of Fallot
Total correction
Adult patient
Human
Treatment
Heart disease
Surgery
Fallot tetralogy
Cardiovascular disease
Adult
Congenital disease
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Summary:A total of 100 patients of tetralogy of Fallot aged 13 years and over were operated upon at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India between January 1991 and December 1996. There were 69 males (69%) and 31 females (31%). Age ranged from 13 years to 43 years (mean 19.66 years). Twenty % of patients had preoperative complications like haemoptysis, cerebrovascular accidents, brain abscess and infective endocarditis. Twenty-two patients had previous palliative shunts. Fifteen patients had coil embolisation of major collaterals prior to surgery. In hospital mortality rate was 4%. Follow-up ranged from 1 month to 5 years (mean 3.4 years). There was one late death due to infective endocarditis. Postoperatively 93.6% patients were in NYHA class I. Significant residual defects warranting re-operation were present in three patients. Total correction of tetralogy of Fallot in older patients can be performed with acceptable results.
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ISSN:0167-5273
1874-1754
DOI:10.1016/S0167-5273(97)00279-9