[Tetralogy of Fallot: after the successful surgical correction...].
Tetralogy of Fallot is the most frequent cyanotic congenital heart disease (1/10000 births). The first complete corrections have been done in the fifties, and we now have long-term follow-up studies, revealing the most frequent arrhythmias and anatomic substrates compromising the long-term survival of these patients. The purpose of this article is to review some of the long-term complications of these patients, who, even if they have been completely corrected, will never be cured.
Bouchardy
Judith
J
Cardiopathies congénitales a I'age adulte, Service de cardiologie CHUV, 1011 Lausanne. Judith.Bouchardy@chuv.ch
Huber
Christophe
C
Meijboom
Erik J
EJ
von Segesser
Ludwig K
LK
Sekarski
Nicole
N
D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000601:surgery; D019233:Retreatment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*