[Postoperative right ventricular function after repair of tetralogy of Fallot with respect to the method of right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction]

Kyobu Geka. 2001 Jul;54(8 Suppl):696-701.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We evaluated postoperative right ventricular function in the sixty-four consecutive patients with tetralogy of Fallot underwent total correction. The patients were divided to three groups according to the method of right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction: transannular patching (TA group; n = 31); right ventricular outflow patching with preservation of pulmonary valve ring (RV group; n = 12) and transatrial-transpulmonary approach without right ventriculotomy (no-RV group; n = 21). The early results of postoperative cardiac catheterization and echocardiography were compared among the three groups. Degree of pulmonary regurgitation was significantly low in the RV group and no-RV group compared with TA group (p < 0.005). Right ventricular ejection fraction was the highest in the no-RV group (p < 0.002). The repair without right ventriculotomy for tetralogy of Fallot can provide the best results with respect to postoperative right ventricular function.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods
  • Postoperative Period
  • Tetralogy of Fallot / physiopathology*
  • Tetralogy of Fallot / surgery*
  • Ventricular Function, Right*