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Title: | Right ventricular outflow tract stenting : effective palliation for Fallot’s tetralogy |
Authors: | Bugeja, Justine Grech, Victor E. DeGiovanni, Joseph V. |
Keywords: | Ventricular function, Right Heart -- Right ventricle Pulmonary valve -- Stenosis Tetralogy of Fallot |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Publisher: | Images in Paediatric Cardiology |
Citation: | Images in Paediatric Cardiology. 2015, Vol.17(3), p. 3-10 |
Abstract: | Traditionally, the management of infants with Fallot’s tetralogy (TOF) with excessively reduced pulmonary flow and cyanosis has been palliation until or unless complete repair is feasible. Palliation involves a procedure that augments pulmonary flow. Most series recognise two subgroups of patients at high risk even in the current era: the cyanotic neonate/infant with small pulmonary arteries and those with complex anatomical variants of tetralogy and/or significant comorbidities such as additional congenital heart lesions (e.g associated Atrio Ventricular Septal Defect) or other congenital anomalies. There is an argument for palliation of these high-risk groups to allow for future potentially more effective elective repair |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/8253 |
Appears in Collections: | IPC, Volume 17, Issue 3 IPC, Volume 17, Issue 3 |
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