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Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension After Repair of Classical Tetralogy Of Fallot [Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars]
Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. Ahead of Print: TKDA-08698 | DOI: 10.5543/tkda.2024.08698

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension After Repair of Classical Tetralogy Of Fallot

Gurajala Venkatesh, Harikrishnan Kn Kurup, Karthik Raghuram, Deepa Sasikumar, Kavassery Mahadevan Krishnamoothy, Arun Gopalakrishnan
Department of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease, is classically associated with decreased pulmonary blood flow. Classical TOF is associated with antegrade pulmonary blood flow and right ventricular outflow tract obstruction at varying levels. In the modern era, most children with TOF undergo definitive intracardiac repair in infancy and pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) is practically unheard of in postoperative TOF in the absence of major aortopulmonary collaterals. We report the circumstances where PAH can occur after definitive repair of classical TOF in the modern era.

Keywords: Congenital heart disease, cyanosis, pulmonary arterial hypertension, pulmonary hypertension, tetralogy of fallot

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Corresponding Author: Arun Gopalakrishnan, India
Manuscript Language: English


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