title: Deformities of pulmonary and aortic annulus 42 years after repair of tetralogy of Fallot.
abstract: We report an extremely rare case of deformity of the pulmonary sinus of Valsalva with pulmonary valvular stenosis 42 years after a pulmonary annular-sparing operation for tetralogy of Fallot. Aortic regurgitation with deformity of the sinus is also noted. At the previous operation, the right ventricular outflow tract was augmented by a prosthetic subvalvular patch. Through the years, the pulmonary valve and sinus were distorted because the patch was pulled over toward the right ventricle.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Maizuru Mutual Hospital, Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan. atmatsu@tokyonet.com.au
authors: Tsutomu
authors: T
authors: Matsushita
authors: Shinsuke
authors: S
authors: Masuda
authors: Tomoya
authors: T
authors: Inoue
authors: Kimihito
authors: K
authors: Usui
authors: Masaaki
authors: M
authors: Yamagishi
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D055424:Cardiac-Gated Imaging Techniques; D004452:Echocardiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011665:Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D012850:Sinus of Valsalva / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed