title: Reoperations in adults after correction of tetralogy of Fallot.
abstract: Adults with congenital heart diseases are an increasing patient population. Since the first successful palliative procedure in 1945 (Blalock and Tausing, JAMA 128: 189-194, 1945) and first corrective operation in 1955 (Lillehei et al., Ann Surg 142: 418, 1955) patients with Tetralogy of Fallot, which is the most common cyanotic CHD, have had excellent long term results and good quality of life. Over the long term, these patients are under risk of sudden death because of arrhythmias and congestive heart disease caused by tricuspid regurgitation, pulmonary regurgitation, ventricular septal defect, right ventricular outflow tract obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center North Rheine Westphalia, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. coskunst@yahoo.de
authors.forename: S Tolga
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Coskun
authors.forename: K Oguz
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Coskun
authors.forename: Aron-Frederik
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Popov
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bockhorst
authors.forename: Ute
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Blanz
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bairaktaris
authors.forename: Reiner
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koerfer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D054085:Foramen Ovale / Q000601:surgery; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome