Right ventricular outflow tract stenting : effective palliation for Fallot’s tetralogy
| Autor: | Bugeja, J, Grech, V, DeGiovanni, JV |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Images in Paediatric Cardiology |
| Popis: | 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 peer-reviewed |
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