Abstract
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a cyanotic congenital heart defect typically diagnosed in infancy and treated with early surgical correction. We report a patient with TOF diagnosed at age 78. Successful surgical repair was performed at age 83, the oldest reported age of surgical correction of this condition. Despite a complicated surgical and postoperative course, the patient is doing well almost four years later.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 518-520 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2012 |
Keywords
- adult congenital heart disease
- complications
- congenital heart surgery
- outcomes (includes mortality,morbidity)
- pulmonary stenosis
- pulmonary valve
- surgery
- ventricular septal defect
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine