Key result
This educational review covers the diagnosis of Tetralogy of Fallot in childhood, surveillance objectives through adulthood, and the value of multi-modality imaging for guiding interventions.
Why the study?
Although surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot in early childhood provides good outcomes, lifelong follow-up is necessary to identify long-term sequelae.
This educational review highlights the importance of lifelong surveillance and multi-modality imaging in managing patients with Tetralogy of Fallot.
May inform TOF surveillance imaging strategies; leaves open prospective validation of multi-modality guidance on outcomes.
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common cyanotic congenital heart defect, affecting 3 in 10,000 live births. Surgical correction in early childhood is associated with good outcomes, but lifelong follow-up is necessary to identify the long-term sequelae that may occur. This article will cover the diagnosis of TOF in childhood, the objectives of surveillance through adulthood and the value of multi-modality imaging in identifying and guiding timely surgical and percutaneous interventions.
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Bedair et al. (2018) conducted a review in Tetralogy of Fallot. This educational review covers the diagnosis of Tetralogy of Fallot in childhood, surveillance objectives through adulthood, and the value of multi-modality imaging for guiding interventions.
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