Abstract
The postoperative course and the post-mortem findings of a group of 30 patients who died after repair of tetralogy of Fallot were reviewed. A residual ventricular septal defect was the most common finding at autopsy (13 patients = 43%) while a severe residual obstruction to the right ventricular outflow was found in 5 patients (17%), miscellaneous lesions in 3 (10%) and no intracardiac defects in 9 (30%). Since a residual anatomic defect is frequently responsible for the hospital mortality, prompt hemodynamic evaluation and reoperation is recommended when the postoperative course is deteriorating.
| Original language | Italian |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 845-850 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| Publication status | Published - 1979 |
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REPERTI AUTOPTICI E CORRELAZIONI ANATOMO-CLINICHE NEI PAZIENTI DECEDUTI DOPO CORREZIONE DI TETRALOGIA DI FALLOT. / Alfieri, O.; Kuruvilla, S.; Di Benedetto, G.; Locatelli, G.; Tiraboschi, R.; Villani, M.; Parenzan, L.; Carbonera Giani, P.
In: Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia, Vol. 9, No. 8, 1979, p. 845-850.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - REPERTI AUTOPTICI E CORRELAZIONI ANATOMO-CLINICHE NEI PAZIENTI DECEDUTI DOPO CORREZIONE DI TETRALOGIA DI FALLOT
AU - Alfieri, O.
AU - Kuruvilla, S.
AU - Di Benedetto, G.
AU - Locatelli, G.
AU - Tiraboschi, R.
AU - Villani, M.
AU - Parenzan, L.
AU - Carbonera Giani, P.
PY - 1979
Y1 - 1979
N2 - The postoperative course and the post-mortem findings of a group of 30 patients who died after repair of tetralogy of Fallot were reviewed. A residual ventricular septal defect was the most common finding at autopsy (13 patients = 43%) while a severe residual obstruction to the right ventricular outflow was found in 5 patients (17%), miscellaneous lesions in 3 (10%) and no intracardiac defects in 9 (30%). Since a residual anatomic defect is frequently responsible for the hospital mortality, prompt hemodynamic evaluation and reoperation is recommended when the postoperative course is deteriorating.
AB - The postoperative course and the post-mortem findings of a group of 30 patients who died after repair of tetralogy of Fallot were reviewed. A residual ventricular septal defect was the most common finding at autopsy (13 patients = 43%) while a severe residual obstruction to the right ventricular outflow was found in 5 patients (17%), miscellaneous lesions in 3 (10%) and no intracardiac defects in 9 (30%). Since a residual anatomic defect is frequently responsible for the hospital mortality, prompt hemodynamic evaluation and reoperation is recommended when the postoperative course is deteriorating.
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JO - Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia
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SN - 0046-5968
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