TY  - JOUR
T1  - A review of total correction in 200 cases of tetralogy of fallot
AU  - Azar H, Hardesty RL, Pontius RG, Zuberbuhler JR, Bahnson HT
Y1  - 1969/08/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.1969.01340140153023
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 281
EP  - 285
VL  - 99
IS  - 2
N2  - This study was undertaken to review the experience at the University Health Center of Pittsburgh with total correction of tetralogy of Fallot. We were particularly interested in the effect on mortality and long-term results of a previous shunt procedure, the use of an outflow tract patch, and the age of the patient at the time of correction.Materials and Methods 
    The case histories of 200 patients with tetralogy of Fallot form the basis of this study. The patients were operated upon during the period from July 1959 to July 1968. One-hundred and thirty of 174 surviving patients (75%) have been followed for one year or more, and recatheterization was performed on 40 (31%) of those followed.With few exceptions a median sternotomy was used. A disk oxygenator was used for the first 39 cases, but since 1963 cardiopulmonary bypass has been accomplished with a vertical screen oxygenator and roller pump.
SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1969.01340140153023
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1969.01340140153023
ER  -