Aortic Aneurysm Formation Five Decades After Tetralogy of Fallot Repair

作者：Dimitrakakis George; Von Oppell Ulrich; Bosanquet David; Wilson Dirk; Luckraz Heyman^*

来源：Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2009, 88(3): 1000-1001.

DOI：10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.02.029

Surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot is recognized as one of the most successful palliative cardiac surgical procedures. We report a patient in whom cystic medial necrosis developed 50 years after tetralogy of Fallot repair that caused a pathologic ascending aortic aneurysm requiring operative repair. Thus, long-term clinical follow-up along with echocardiography, when indicated, is mandatory in patients undergoing tetralogy of Fallot repair.

• 出版日期2009-9