title: [Tetralogy of Fallot: after the successful surgical correction...].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cardiopathies congénitales a I'age adulte, Service de cardiologie CHUV, 1011 Lausanne. Judith.Bouchardy@chuv.ch
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bouchardy
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: Erik J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Meijboom
authors.forename: Ludwig K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: von Segesser
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sekarski
mesh_terms: 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*