[Autoptic findings and anatomo-clinical correlations in subjects who died after repair of tetralogy of Fallot (author's transl)].
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 the 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, prompts hemodynamic evaluation and reoperation is recommended when the postoperative course is deteriorating.
D001344:Autopsy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
Reperti autoptici e correlazioni anatomo-cliniche nei pazienti deceduti dopo correzione di tetralogia di Fallot.