Abstract

GUZZO DE LEON, Daniel Felipe. Insuficiencia valvular pulmonar en el posoperatorio alejado de tetralogía de Fallot: Aporte del ecocardiograma transtorácico convencional para la toma de decisiones. Rev.Urug.Cardiol. [online]. 2013, vol.28, n.1, pp.42-56. ISSN 0797-0048.

Summary  Pulmonary valve regurgitation is one of the main problems in the late post-op of Tetrallogy of Fallot, having a great incidence and depending on many aspects . In these paper a review is done considering the usefulness of conventional transtoracic ecocardiography as a tool to evaluate patients with pulmonary regurgitation.in the late post-op of Tetralogy of Fallot.  Main physiopathologic concepts about these entity are presented, and as a function of that, the most important ecocardiographic parameters to be considered evaluating these patients are also described. Finally guidelines on the opportunity for pulmonary valve replacement are considered.

Keywords : TETRALOGY OF FALLOT-surgery; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFICIENCY; THORACIC SURGERY-methods; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE-methods; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRI-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY.

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