Takaya Hoashi1, Toru Iwasa2, Koji Kagisaki1, Masatoshi Shimada1, Kenichi Kurosaki2, Isao Shiraishi2, Hajime Ichikawa1
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.12, No.4, pp. 441-447, 2017, DOI:10.1111/chd.12477
Abstract Objective: To review long-term respiratory outcomes for tetralogy of Fallot and absent pulmonary
valve (TOF/APV) in respiratory symptomatic populations.
Methods: Of 25 consecutive patients undergoing primary total correction for TOF/APV between
1987 and 2016, Sixteen patients (64%) with a preoperative respiratory disturbance were enrolled.
The median age at operation was 1.9 months old, including 4 neonates and 12 infants. Ten
patients (62.5%) preoperatively necessitated mechanical ventilator support. During operation,
dilated central pulmonary arteries (cPAs) were plicated and retracted anteriorly in all patients,
except for the first patient of the study cohort. VSD was completely closed, and the… More >
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