March 1, 1975Circulation
Results of routine preoperative coronary angiography in tetralogy of Fallot.
Why the study?
Does routine preoperative transvenous flush aortography effectively demonstrate coronary artery anatomy and anomalies in patients with tetralogy of Fallot?
Population
94 patients with tetralogy of Fallot undergoing cardiac catheterization, and an additional 195 autopsied…
Design
Case_series
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Discussion
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Implication
Transvenous flush aortography may enable preoperative coronary visualization in tetralogy of Fallot; leaves open its role versus modern imaging.
Structured PICO
Does routine preoperative transvenous flush aortography effectively demonstrate coronary artery anatomy and anomalies in patients with tetralogy of Fallot?
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Population
94 patients with tetralogy of Fallot undergoing cardiac catheterization, and an additional 195 autopsied cases of tetralogy of Fallot.
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Intervention
Routine preoperative coronary artery visualization, most often by transvenous flush aortography using a venous catheter.
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Outcome
Rate of diagnostic coronary visualization and incidence of recognized coronary anomalies.surrogate
Transvenous flush aortography is an effective and convenient method for routine preoperative visualization of coronary anomalies in patients with tetralogy of Fallot.
Cite This Study
Fellows et al. (1975) studied this question.