
Early experience with surgical strategies aimed at preserving the pulmonary valve and annulus during repair of tetralogy of Fallot
Author(s) -
Anil Kumar Dharmapuram,
Nagarajan Ramakrishnan,
Vejendla Goutami,
Sudeep Verma,
Shantanu Pande,
Sindhura Devalaraja
Publication year - 2021
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/apc.apc_166_20
Subject(s) - medicine , tetralogy of fallot , pulmonary valve , ventricle , commissurotomy , surgery , annulus (botany) , cardiology , pulmonary artery , pulmonary valve insufficiency , pulmonary regurgitation , mitral valve , heart disease , botany , biology
During repair of tetralogy of fallot (TOF) we modified surgical strategies to preserve the valve and annulus if the pulmonary valve leaflets are pliable and not significantly dysplastic.