Population
7 children aged 1.2-12 years who died during or soon after repair of tetralogy of Fallot.
Design
Case_series
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Abnormal lung development in TOF may affect repair timing; hypothesis-generating from Level 5 data and requires prospective validation.
Postmortem morphometric analysis reveals abnormal pulmonary arterial and alveolar development in children with tetralogy of Fallot, supporting the recommendation for early surgical correction.
Johnson et al. (1982) studied this question.