A Long-Term Survivor with Tetralogy of Fallot Treated Only with the Classical Blalock-Taussig Shunt

Joint Authors

Horigome, H.
Yamada, Yu
Ishizu, Tomoko
Tsuneoka, Hidekazu
Eki, Yutaka

Source

Case Reports in Cardiology

Issue

Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-4, 4 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2018-08-19

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

4

Main Subjects

Diseases

Abstract EN

The prognosis of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) treated only with Blalock-Taussig shunt (BTS) operation is unclear.

A woman with TOF underwent classic BTS operation at 10 years of age.

Despite no medication, she delivered two children and worked without apparent heart failure.

At 72 years of age, she complained of dyspnea on exertion and leg edema.

The cardiac angiogram revealed a well-patent BTS and severely stenotic right ventricular outflow tract.

Right heart catheterization showed adequately maintained pulmonary blood flow with slight pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Her unexpected yet favorable outcome reaffirms the importance of structural and functional self-adaptation even with cyanosis.

If she had undergone a valve-sparing corrective surgery in adolescence, much better quality of life and outcome could have been expected.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Yamada, Yu& Ishizu, Tomoko& Tsuneoka, Hidekazu& Eki, Yutaka& Horigome, H.. 2018. A Long-Term Survivor with Tetralogy of Fallot Treated Only with the Classical Blalock-Taussig Shunt. Case Reports in Cardiology،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1141002

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Yamada, Yu…[et al.]. A Long-Term Survivor with Tetralogy of Fallot Treated Only with the Classical Blalock-Taussig Shunt. Case Reports in Cardiology No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1141002

American Medical Association (AMA)

Yamada, Yu& Ishizu, Tomoko& Tsuneoka, Hidekazu& Eki, Yutaka& Horigome, H.. A Long-Term Survivor with Tetralogy of Fallot Treated Only with the Classical Blalock-Taussig Shunt. Case Reports in Cardiology. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1141002

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1141002