These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Iatrogenic right ventricular failure in tetralogy of Fallot repairs: reappraisal of a distressing problem.
    Author: McFadden PM, Culpepper WS, Ochsner JL.
    Journal: Ann Thorac Surg; 1982 Apr; 33(4):400-2. PubMed ID: 6462117.
    Abstract:
    A patient with tetralogy of Fallot experienced isolated right ventricular failure when the right coronary artery was occluded by an encircling suture at the time of closure of the ventricular septal defect. Recognition and correction of the problem allowed weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass and an uneventful recovery. Because ventricular septal defects in tetralogy of Fallot are usually anterior and subaortic, injury to the right coronary artery, in close proximity to the superior aspect of the defect, is a potential danger. When isolated right ventricular failure occurs immediately after repair, suture occlusion of the right coronary artery should be considered as a possible cause.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]