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  • Condition: Enlarged Native Right Ventricular Outflow Tract (RVOT)
  • Journal: Anatolian journal of cardiology
  • Treatment Used: Edwards SAPIEN XT and SAPIEN 3 Valves
  • Number of Patients: 129
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This study tested the safety and efficacy of using Edwards SAPIEN XT and SAPIEN 3 valves to treat patients with enlarged native RVOT.
  • Condition: Tetralogy of Fallot
  • Journal: Revista portuguesa de cirurgia cardio-toracica e vascular : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia Cardio-Toracica e Vascular
  • Treatment Used: Surgery
  • Number of Patients: 133
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In this study, researchers evaluated the long-term outcomes of surgery for the treatment of tetralogy of Fallot.
  • Condition: Pulmonary Insufficiency (PI)
  • Journal: Journal of cardiac surgery
  • Treatment Used: Neopulmonary Valve Creation using Right Atrial Appendage Tissue
  • Number of Patients: 12
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This study tested the safety and efficacy of using neopulmonary valve creation using right atrial appendage tissue to treat patients with PI.
  • Condition: Pediatric Cardiology
  • Journal: Pediatric cardiology
  • Treatment Used: Various Treatments
  • Number of Patients: 0
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This article provides a summary and description of recent articles and topics in pediatric cardiology and treatments.
  • Condition: Right Ventricular Failure with Atrial Septostomy
  • Journal: International heart journal
  • Treatment Used: Veno-venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
  • Number of Patients: 1
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The study researched a case of right ventricular failure after corrective repair of tetralogy of Fallot without closure of an atrial septal defect.
  • Condition: Patient with Chronic Renal Failure Associated with Tetralogy of Fallot
  • Journal: BMC nephrology
  • Treatment Used: Peritoneal Dialysis
  • Number of Patients: 1
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This case report describes a 47-year-old man with tetralogy of Fallot (cardiac abnormality) treated with peritoneal dialysis.
  • Condition: Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava/Tetralogy of Fallot
  • Journal: Cardiology in the young
  • Treatment Used: Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Device Implantation
  • Number of Patients: 1
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This article reviewed the case of a patient with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (birth defect that affects normal blood flow through the heart) combined with persistent left superior vena cava (congenital vascular anomaly) treated with a cardiac resynchronization therapy device (sends small electrical impulses to both lower chambers of the heart to help them beat together in a more synchronized pattern) implantation.
  • Condition: Adult Patients with Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD)
  • Journal: International journal of cardiology
  • Treatment Used: Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators
  • Number of Patients: 125
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This study evaluated the long-term rates of ventricular arrhythmias requiring treatment and mortality in patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD).
  • Condition: Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
  • Journal: The Pan African medical journal
  • Treatment Used: Surgery
  • Number of Patients: 90
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This study examined the prevalence of the coronary artery anomalies in patients with Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), one of the most common cyanogenic congenital heart defects, and their surgical management
  • Condition: Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
  • Journal: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
  • Treatment Used: Pulmonary Valve Replacement (PVR)
  • Number of Patients: 190
  • Published —
This study evaluated the long-term outcomes of pulmonary valve replacement (one of two valves that allow blood to leave the heart via the arteries; PVR) in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (a type of heart defect present at birth; TOF).
  • Condition: Asymptomatic Patients with Isolated Pulmonary Regurgitation (PR) after Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
  • Journal: Kardiologia polska
  • Treatment Used: Pulmonary Valve Replacement (PVR)
  • Number of Patients: 209
  • Published —
This study evaluated the need for either surgical or percutaneous pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) in asymptomatic patients with significant pulmonary regurgitation (PR) after repair of tetralogy of Fallot (congenital heart abnormality; TOF).
  • Condition: Pulmonary Regurgitation In Adults With Tetralogy Of Fallot
  • Journal: The Canadian journal of cardiology
  • Treatment Used: pulmonary valve replacement
  • Number of Patients: 657
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The purpose of the study was to assess the efficacy of pulmonary valve replacement for the treatment of pulmonary regurgitation in adults with tetralogy of fallot.
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