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Systemic-pulmonary shunt facilitates the growth of the pulmonary valve annulus in patients with tetralogy of Fallot [1]

Submitted by mferguson [2] on Tue, 2016-09-27 22:11

This retrospective study evaluated whether a systemic-PA shunt in infants with TOF facilitated enlargement of the pulmonary valve annulus (PVA).  Placement of a shunt was the only factor associated with PVA growth.  This knowledge may affect how repair is staged with an eye towards avoiding a transannular patch.

Source name: 
Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Resource link: 
http://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(16)30559-8/abstract [3]
Taxonomy: 
Congenital [4]
Subspecialty(ies): 
Congenital [5]
Author(s): 
Byung Kwon Chong, Jae Suk Baek, Yu-Mi Im Im, Chun Soo Park, Jeong-Jun Park, and Tae-Jin Yun
Taxonomy2018 vocabulary term reference: 
Pulmonary valve disease (congenital) [6]
TOF [7]
Source URL:https://www.ctsnet.org/jans/systemic-pulmonary-shunt-facilitates-growth-pulmonary-valve-annulus-patients-tetralogy-fallot

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[1] https://www.ctsnet.org/jans/systemic-pulmonary-shunt-facilitates-growth-pulmonary-valve-annulus-patients-tetralogy-fallot [2] https://www.ctsnet.org/home/mferguson [3] http://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(16)30559-8/abstract [4] https://www.ctsnet.org/taxonomy/congenital [5] https://www.ctsnet.org/categories/congenital [6] https://www.ctsnet.org/taxonomy2018/pulmonary-valve-disease-congenital [7] https://www.ctsnet.org/taxonomy2018/tof