Survival to the age of 52 years in a man with unrepaired tetralogy of Fallot.
Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common cyanotic congenital heart defect during infancy. It is composed of a ventricular septal defect, an overriding aorta, obstruction of right ventricular outflow, and right ventricular hypertrophy. Most patients experience cyanosis at birth and die in childhood without surgical intervention. The rate of survival at 40 years without surgical correction is only 3%. We present the case of a man with tetralogy of Fallot who survived until the age of 52 years without surgical intervention.
Division of Cardiology, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York 11040, USA.
Amgad N
AN
Makaryus
Iosif
I
Aronov
Joseph
J
Diamond
Chong H
CH
Park
Stacey E
SE
Rosen
Bibiana
B
Stephen
D001027:Aortography; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000175:diagnosis; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D017380:Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis