Tetralogy of Fallot is a congenital heart disease, named after the French physician Étienne
Fallot. Without treatment, this is a disease with high morbidity and early mortality …

Right ventricular dysfunction is a major determinant of outcome in patients with complex
congenital heart disease, as in tetralogy of Fallot. In these patients, right ventricular …

The first complete repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) was reported by Lillehei in 1955 [1]. The
diagram from that initial publication ( Fig. 28.1) illustrates primary closure of the ventricular …

Nowhere else in adult medicine does the world of congenital heart disease interdigitate so
well with acquired heart disease as in the management of adult survivors of Tetralogy of …

Tetralogy of Fallot is a cyanotic congenital heart disease, for which various surgical
techniques allow patients to survive to adulthood. Currently, the natural history of corrected …

Surgery for tetralogy of Fallot has a long history, which may be described as both a success
story and a failure story. It is a success story because prognosis without surgery is very poor …

Tetralogy of Fallot is the most frequent cyanotic congenital cardiopathy. Its physiopathology
has been progressively described which has made better treatment possible. The four …

The Tetralogy of Fallot refers to the most common cyanotic congenital heart defect.
Anatomically, this is essentially a perimembranous subaortic ventricular septal defect …

Although contemporary outcomes of initial surgical repair of Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) are
excellent, the survival of adult patients remains significantly lower than the normal …

Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a very common congenital heart defect occurring in
approximately 15% of patients with congenital heart disease. More recently, genetic …