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DOES RIGHT VENTRICULAR DILATION AFTER PULMONARY VALVE REPLACEMENT PREDICT ADVERSE CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH REPAIRED TETRALOGY OF FALLOT?

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The rationale for timing of pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) in patients with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot (rTOF) has focused on pre-PVR threshold values of right ventricular end-diastolic volume indexed to… Click to show full abstract

The rationale for timing of pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) in patients with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot (rTOF) has focused on pre-PVR threshold values of right ventricular end-diastolic volume indexed to body surface area (RVEDVi) that lead to normalization of RV size after valve implantation.

Keywords: pulmonary valve; tetralogy fallot; right ventricular; patients repaired; repaired tetralogy; valve replacement

Journal Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Year Published: 2019

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