Total correction of tetralogy of Fallot following palliation.
Fifty three patients with Tetralogy of Fallot were totally corrected following palliation. Intracardiac repair was not adversely influenced by a Blalock Taussig shunt or a Waterston shunt which did not produce kinking of the RPA. The results were less satisfactory after correction following a Potts shunt or a Waterston shunt with kinking at the site of the anastomosis.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000601:surgery*