Open AccessRisk factors for morbidity in infants undergoing tetralogy of fallot repair
Author(s) -
Alexander C. Egbe,
Alexander J.C. Mittnacht,
Khanh Nguyen,
Umesh Joashi
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 - 10.4103/0974-2069.126539
Subject(s) - medicine , mechanical ventilation , tetralogy of fallot , incidence (geometry) , surgery , intensive care unit , retrospective cohort study , stenosis , logistic regression , heart disease , physics , optics
Primary repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) has low surgical mortality, but some patients still experience significant postoperative morbidity.