title: Acute dissection of the right ventricular outflow tract after balloon dilatation in a patient with previously corrected tetralogy of Fallot.
abstract: Percutaneous balloon dilatation has been used successfully to dilate various stenoses occurring after repair of congenital heart disease. Acute dissection of a stenotic right ventricular outflow tract occurred after attempted balloon dilatation in a patient with previously corrected tetralogy of Fallot.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Danton
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gladstone
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*