Tetralogy of Fallot and Aortic Dissection: Implications in Management

Tetralogy of Fallot and Aortic Dissection: Implications in Management

We present the case of a 61-year-old man with tetralogy of Fallot postrepair and mechanical aortic valve replacement with an aortic root/ascending/arch aneurysm with chronic type A aortic dissection. He underwent uncomplicated aortic root and total arch replacement. Continued surveillance for aortic...

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Veröffentlicht in:JACC. Case reports 2022-05, Vol.4 (10), p.581-586
Hauptverfasser: Vaikunth, Sumeet S, Chan, Joshua L, Woo, Jennifer P, Bykhovsky, Michael R, Lui, George K, Ma, Michael, Romfh, Anitra W, Lamberti, John, Mastrodicasa, Domenico, Fleischmann, Dominik, Fischbein, Michael P
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Zusammenfassung:We present the case of a 61-year-old man with tetralogy of Fallot postrepair and mechanical aortic valve replacement with an aortic root/ascending/arch aneurysm with chronic type A aortic dissection. He underwent uncomplicated aortic root and total arch replacement. Continued surveillance for aortic aneurysm is necessary in the tetralogy of Fallot population. ( ).
ISSN:2666-0849
DOI:10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.02.021