Sudden Death Among Postoperative Patients with Tetralogy of Fallot
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Two hundred and forty-three patients were evaluated following total correction of tetralogy of Fallot with special emphasis on postoperative conduction disturbances and on the occurrence of sudden death. The average follow-up period was 12 years with a range of 61/2 to 161⁄2h years. Sudden death occurred in seven patients. Four deaths were among those with right bundle branch block pattern (RBBB) and three of the four had premature ventricular contractions (PVC) for more than one month postoperatively. PVCs were documented in ten of the 158 patients with RBBB; sudden death occurred in three (30%). Three of
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Early post operative mortality of Total Correction of Tetralogy of Fallot
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