Pulmonary regurgitation after tetralogy of fallot repair: Clinical features, sequelae, and timing of pulmonary valve replacement

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 386-403

  Ammash, Naser M ^a   Dearani, Joseph A ^a   Burkhart, Harold M ^a   Connolly, Heidi M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital Heart Disease; Pulmonary Regurgitation; Tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TACHYCARDIA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; RADIONUCLIDE ANGIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 36349017281     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2007.00131.x     Document Type: Article

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