Heart failure in adult congenital heart disease: tetralogy of Fallot

AS Mueller, DM McDonald, HS Singh, JN Ginns - Heart Failure Reviews, 2020 - Springer
The number of rTOF patients who survive into adulthood is steadily rising, with currently
more than 90% reaching the third decade of life. However, rTOF patients are not cured, but …

Three-dimensional late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance predicts inducibility of ventricular tachycardia in adults with repaired tetralogy of …

S Ghonim, S Ernst, J Keegan… - Circulation …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot die prematurely from ventricular
tachycardia (VT) and sudden cardiac death. Inducible VT predicts mortality. Ventricular scar …

4D flow MRI versus conventional 2D for measuring pulmonary flow after Tetralogy of Fallot repair

MA Isorni, D Martins, NB Moussa, S Monnot… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Background After tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) repair, pulmonary regurgitation and right
ventricular function must be monitored. Conventional (2D) cardiac magnetic resonance …

Tetralogy of Fallot

EV Krieger, AM Valente - Cardiology clinics, 2020 - cardiology.theclinics.com
Repaired tetralogy of Fallot (rTOF) is one of the most common conditions managed by adult
congenital heart disease providers. Recent comprehensive review articles and book …

Potential value of native T1 mapping in symptomatic adults with congenital heart disease: a preliminary study of 3.0 tesla cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Y Shiina, K Inai, K Taniguchi, T Takahashi… - Pediatric Cardiology, 2020 - Springer
The native T1 value at 3.0 Tesla is a sensitive marker of diffuse myocardial damage. We
evaluated the clinical usefulness of native T1 mapping in symptomatic adults with congenital …

[HTML][HTML] Right ventricular dilatation in patients with pulmonary regurgitation after repair of tetralogy of Fallot: How fast does it progress?

M Hoelscher, F Bonassin, A Oxenius… - Annals of Pediatric …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Pulmonary valve regurgitation (PR) and right ventricular (RV) dilatation are
important residual findings after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). We sought to …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between extracellular volume fraction in symptomatic adults with tetralogy of Fallot and adverse cardiac events

Y Shiina, K Taniguchi, M Nagao, T Takahashi… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background To investigate the relationship between the extracellular volume fraction (ECV)
measured using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) T1 mapping and cardiac events in …

Magnetic resonance imaging risk factors for ventricular arrhythmias in tetralogy of Fallot

J Rizk, N Shehu, H Latus, S Martinoff, P Ewert… - Pediatric …, 2020 - Springer
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the most common cause of late mortality in tetralogy of Fallot
(TOF). Pulmonary regurgitation (PR) was previously found to be the most common …

Right ventricular adaptation to chronic abnormal loading: and implications for patients with tetralogy of Fallot

Q Hagdorn - 2020 - research.rug.nl
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 …

Tetralogy of Fallot: risk stratification is straightforward. Or is it?

J Papagiannis - Current opinion in cardiology, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Risk stratification for TOF has improved over the last years with several clinical,
electrocardiographic, imaging, and invasive electrophysiologic findings showing promise …