Tetralogy of Fallot and Aortic Dissection: Implications in Management

We present the case of a 61-year-old man with tetralogy of Fallot postrepair and mechanical aortic valve replacement with an aortic root/ascending/arch aneurysm with chronic type A aortic dissection. He underwent uncomplicated aortic root and total arch replacement. Continued surveillance for aortic...

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Published inJACC. Case reports Vol. 4; no. 10; pp. 581 - 586
Main Authors Vaikunth, Sumeet S, Chan, Joshua L, Woo, Jennifer P, Bykhovsky, Michael R, Lui, George K, Ma, Michael, Romfh, Anitra W, Lamberti, John, Mastrodicasa, Domenico, Fleischmann, Dominik, Fischbein, Michael P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier 18.05.2022
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Case Report
TOF, tetralogy of Fallot
CT, computed tomography
tetralogy of Fallot
aortic dissection
hypertension
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Summary:We present the case of a 61-year-old man with tetralogy of Fallot postrepair and mechanical aortic valve replacement with an aortic root/ascending/arch aneurysm with chronic type A aortic dissection. He underwent uncomplicated aortic root and total arch replacement. Continued surveillance for aortic aneurysm is necessary in the tetralogy of Fallot population. ( ).
ISSN:2666-0849
DOI:10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.02.021