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Functional analysis of the anatomical right ventricular components: should assessment of right ventricular function after repair of tetralogy of Fallot be refined?

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Submitted by

Joel Dunning

Source

Source Name: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://ejcts.oxfordjournals.org/content/45/2/e6.abstract

Author(s)

Thierry Bove, Kristof Vandekerckhove, Daniel Devos, Joseph Panzer, Katya De Groote, Hans De Wilde, Daniel De Wolf, Julie De Backer, Laurent Demulier, and Katrien François

According to a study on 22 patients after repair of tetralogy of Fallot, ejection fraction of the right ventricular sinus and the extent of akinesia of the right ventricular outflow tract predict exercise capacity better than global right ventricular function.