Open AccessEarly and 1-year outcome and predictors of adverse outcome following monocusp pulmonary valve reconstruction for patients with tetralogy of Fallot: A prospective observational study
Author(s) -
Deepa Sasikumar,
Bijulal Sasidharan,
Jaganmohan Tharakan,
Baiju S. Dharan,
Thomas Mathew,
Jayakumar Karunakaran
Publication year - 2014
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 - 10.4103/0974-2069.126538
Subject(s) - medicine , tetralogy of fallot , observational study , cardiology , outcome (game theory) , prospective cohort study , heart disease , mathematics , mathematical economics
Repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) with monocusp pulmonary valve reconstruction prevents pulmonary regurgitation (PR) for a variable period. Since postoperative outcome is governed by PR and right ventricular function, we sought to assess the severity of pulmonary regurgitation and right ventricular outflow (RVOT) gradient in the immediate postoperative period and at 1 year and attempted to identify the anatomical substrates responsible for adverse outcomes.