Early experience with surgical strategies aimed at preserving the pulmonary valve and annulus during repair of tetralogy of Fallot

• Main Authors: Anil Kumar Dharmapuram (Author), Nagarajan Ramadoss (Author), Vejendla Goutami (Author), Sudeep Verma (Author), Shantanu Pande (Author), Sindhura Devalaraja (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Background : 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. Methods : Initially, the repair was done from the main pulmonary artery (Group-1, 215 patients) and...