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Survival to the Age of 52 Years in a Man with Unrepaired Tetralogy of Fallot
Author(s) -
Makaryus Amgad N.,
Aronov Iosif,
Diamond Joseph,
Park Chong H.,
Rosen Stacey E.,
Stephen Bibiana
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.0742-2822.2004.03160.x
Subject(s) - tetralogy of fallot , medicine , cardiology , right ventricular hypertrophy , surgery , heart disease , ventricle
Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common cyanotic congenital heart defect during infancy. It is composed of a ventricular septal defect, an overriding aorta, obstruction of right ventricular outflow, and right ventricular hypertrophy. Most patients experience cyanosis at birth and die in childhood without surgical intervention. The rate of survival at 40 years without surgical correction is only 3%. We present the case of a man with tetralogy of Fallot who survived until the age of 52 years without surgical intervention.