Open AccessAsymptomatic right ventricular dysfunction in surgically repaired adult tetralogy of fallot patients
Author(s) -
Krishna Kumar Mohanan Nair,
Sanjay Ganapathi,
Bijulal Sasidharan,
Anees Thajudeen,
Harikrishnan Sivadasan Pillai,
Jaganmohan Tharakan,
Thomas Titus,
Ajitkumar Valaparambil Kumaran,
Sivasankaran Sivasubramonian,
Kavassery Mahadevan Krishnamoorthy
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.107229
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , tetralogy of fallot , intracardiac injection , cardiology , regurgitation (circulation) , doppler imaging , heart disease , diastole , blood pressure
Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction after surgical repair of Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is often asymptomatic and may be detected by tissue Doppler imaging (TDI). The severity of RV dysfunction is more after intracardiac repair with transannular patch (TAP).