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Implantation of Total Artificial Heart in Congenital Heart Disease
Published on: July 18, 2014
[Fallot's tetralogy: current status of its treatment]
J I Herráiz Sarachaga1, R L Arciniegas, R Bermúdez-Cañete Fernández
1Servicio de Cardiología Pediátrica, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid.
Abstract:
A comprehensive review of all the present therapeutic possibilities in Fallot's tetralogy is presented: A) From the cardiological viewpoint: Pharmacological and Interventional procedures (Baloon dilatation, coil embolisation, pulmonary artery stenting and ablation procedures) are discussed. B) From the surgical viewpoint: Palliative and intracardiac corrective procedures are reviewed. Indications for surgery are evaluated, including primary versus two stage procedures. Postsurgical sequelae are described: both early and late and the need for reoperation. Finally, late post-op complications, such as arrhythmias and sudden death, are commented on among the long term follow-up.
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