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
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
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