Population
153 consecutive patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot who had undergone pulmonary valve replacement at…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 9.6 years (IQR 5.9, 13.3)
Authors
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Postoperative echo parameters and younger age at PVR may flag higher homograft dysfunction risk in repaired tetralogy of Fallot; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Individualized prediction of pulmonary homograft durability in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot can be accurately guided by early postoperative echocardiography, allowing for less stringent follow-up in low-risk adult patients.
Bokma et al. (2015) studied this question.
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