Short-term clinical and echocardiographic outcomes after use of polytetrafluoroethylene bicuspid pulmonary valve during the repair of tetralogy of Fallot

• Main Authors: Prashant Ramdas Wankhade (Author), Neeraj Aggarwal (Author), Reena Khantwal Joshi (Author), Mridul Agarwal (Author), Raja Joshi (Author), Ashwani Mehta (Author), Sibashankar Kar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Application of transannular patch (TAP) during the repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) leads to the development of pulmonary regurgitation (PR). This PR is known to cause right ventricular (RV) volume overload and dysfunction which in turn leads to increase in both morbidity and mortalit...