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Modern surgical management of patients with tetralogy of Fallot*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2014

Paul J. Chai ,
Jeffrey P. Jacobs  and
James A. Quintessenza
Paul J. Chai*
Affiliation:
Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, United States of America
Jeffrey P. Jacobs
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins All Children's Heart Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America
James A. Quintessenza
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins All Children's Heart Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: Paul J. Chai, MD, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center, 3959 Broadway CHN-276, NY 10032, United States of America.
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Abstract

Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common cyanotic heart defect seen in children beyond infancy. There is considerable variation in surgical management today ranging from differences in timing of complete repair versus initial use of a shunt for palliation, and methods for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction. This article will examine some of the current surgical management techniques for patients with Tetralogy of Fallot.

Keywords

Tetralogy of Fallotsurgical management
Type
Original Article
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 23 , Issue 6: HeartWeek 2013 , December 2013 , pp. 905 - 909
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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Footnotes

*

Presented at “The Birth of Heart Surgery: Lessons Learned from Tetralogy – Past, Present and Future” Dinner Symposium Sponsored by Johns Hopkins Medicine and All Children's Hospital, Thursday, February 21, 2013, at The Sixth World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa, February 17–22, 2013. A video of this presentation can be viewed at the following hyperlink: [http://www.allkids.org/wcpccs].

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