Chronic heart failure in congenital heart disease: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

KK Stout, CS Broberg, WM Book, F Cecchin, JM Chen… - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
The past 60 years have brought remarkable advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of
congenital heart disease (CHD). Early diagnosis and improvements in cardiac surgery and …

Meta-analysis of pulmonary valve replacement after operative repair of tetralogy of fallot

EWY Cheung, WHS Wong, YF Cheung - The American journal of cardiology, 2010 - Elsevier
The present meta-analysis aimed to determine the outcomes and effect on right ventricular
(RV) function of surgical pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) in patients after repair of …

Left ventricular longitudinal function predicts life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia and death in adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot

GP Diller, A Kempny, E Liodakis, R Alonso-Gonzalez… - Circulation, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Sudden cardiac death and life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia remain a
concern in adult patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot. Longitudinal left ventricular (LV) …

Immediate and midterm cardiac remodeling after surgical pulmonary valve replacement in adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot: a prospective cardiovascular …

EL Heng, MA Gatzoulis, A Uebing, B Sethia… - Circulation, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot
provides symptomatic benefit and right ventricular (RV) volume reduction. However, data on …

Preoperative thresholds for mid-to-late haemodynamic and clinical outcomes after pulmonary valve replacement in tetralogy of Fallot

JP Bokma, MM Winter, T Oosterhof… - European heart …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Aims The right ventricle (RV) remodels early after pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) in
tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) patients. Previously reported preoperative thresholds to achieve …

[HTML][HTML] Quantification of biventricular myocardial function using cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking, endocardial border delineation and echocardiographic …

A Kempny, R Fernández-Jiménez, S Orwat… - Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Background Parameters of myocardial deformation have been suggested to be superior to
conventional measures of ventricular function in patients with tetralogy of Fallot (ToF), but …

Randomised trial of ramipril in repaired tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary regurgitation: the APPROPRIATE study (Ace inhibitors for Potential PRevention Of the …

SV Babu-Narayan, A Uebing, PA Davlouros… - International journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Optimal treatment for stable repaired tetralogy of Fallot (rTOF) patients with
pulmonary regurgitation (PR) and related right ventricular (RV) dilatation, including timing of …

Update on interventional electrophysiology in congenital heart disease: evolving solutions for complex hearts

ED Sherwin, JK Triedman, EP Walsh - Circulation: Arrhythmia and …, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Sherwin et al Rhythm Interventions in Congenital Heart Disease 1033 there may be residual
defects or patch margin leaks in the septum that the operator can take advantage of for easy …

Heart failure in adult congenital heart disease: emerging concepts with a focus on tetralogy of Fallot

RM Wald, AM Valente, A Marelli - Trends in cardiovascular medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
Emerging heart failure (HF) concepts in the growing population of adults with congenital
heart disease (ACHD) are reviewed in the following article with a focus on individuals with …

Impaired right and left ventricular diastolic myocardial mechanics and filling in asymptomatic children and adolescents after repair of tetralogy of Fallot

MK Friedberg, FP Fernandes, SL Roche… - European Heart …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Aims After tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) repair patients have right ventricular (RV)
dysfunction and reduced exercise tolerance. Diastolic dysfunction may be important but is as …