Why the study?
What are the mortality and long-term clinical outcomes of total correction surgery for tetralogy of Fallot?
Population
124 patients with tetralogy of Fallot
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
long-term
Authors
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Provides preliminary support for low-risk TOF repair; case-report data leave timing and generalizability open.
What are the mortality and long-term clinical outcomes of total correction surgery for tetralogy of Fallot?
Total correction of tetralogy of Fallot yields low mortality and excellent long-term clinical outcomes, with the authors preferring to defer definitive repair until age 5.
Horiuchi et al. (1974) studied this question.
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