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.
Translated title of the contribution | Autoptic findings and anatomo-clinical correlations in subjects who died after repair of tetralogy of Fallot |
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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 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine