Background: The preservation of Right Ventricular (RV! Junction re
mains a crucialpoint in the short and long termevaluation ofthe outcome
in cases qfTOFsubmitted to total intracardiac repair.
Objective: To study the pre-, tntra-and postoperativefactors that may
affect the RVand right valvularfunction after surgical correction ofTOF.
Patients andmethods Twenty-eightpatients with TOF who underwent
total correction were thoroughly evaluated [clinical, echo-Doppler and angiographic],
searchingfor thefactors that may affect the RVfunction after
repair. |
