Unrepaired Tetralogy of Fallot in a 73 year old woman

Graziano Onder; Riccardo Marano; Valentina Silvestri; Lorenzo Bonomo; Roberto Bernabei; Francesco Landi

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.07.081

Unrepaired Tetralogy of Fallot in a 73 year old woman

Graziano Onder, Riccardo Marano, Valentina Silvestri, Lorenzo Bonomo, Roberto Bernabei, Francesco Landi

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Abstract

Among cyanotic congenital heart diseases (CHD) Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common, with an incidence of 0.28 cases every 1000 live-births. Despite the excellent prognosis related to early surgical correction, usually performed before the sixth month of age, life expectancy without surgery is dramatically reduced [1] and [2]. According to large observational series, 24% of individuals with an uncorrected TOF die before the age of 10 and only 4% survive above thirties [3] and [4]. Survival to advanced age is extremely rare. In the present manuscript we describe the case of a seventy-three year old woman with uncorrected TOF.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e60-e60-2
Journal	International Journal of Cardiology
Volume	168
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.07.081
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

3D heart imaging
Age Factors
Aged
Elderly
Female
Humans
Longevity
Tetralogy of Fallot
Unrepaired Tetralogy of Fallot

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Unrepaired Tetralogy of Fallot in a 73 year old woman

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