This case report highlights the rare occurrence of preeclampsia in a pregnant patient with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot.
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Case of repaired ToF with preeclampsia warrants closer pregnancy surveillance; leaves open whether association is causal or coincidental.
is the most common form of cyanotic congenital heart diseases and without corrective surgery, natural survival rate into the fourth decade was only about 3%. In pregnant patients with repaired ToF, pregnancy-related physiological changes is more difficult to tolerate compared to healthy pregnant woman. ToF rarely be associated with preeclampsia. Discussed below a case of a 20 year old woman with repaired ToF Complicated with Preeclampsia After Three Cardiac Operations.
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