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

• Главные авторы: Prashant Ramdas Wankhade (Автор), Neeraj Aggarwal (Автор), Reena Khantwal Joshi (Автор), Mridul Agarwal (Автор), Raja Joshi (Автор), Ashwani Mehta (Автор), Sibashankar Kar (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...