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Cerebrovascular events in young adults after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2005

Clara K. Chow ,
David Amos  and
David S. Celermajer
Clara K. Chow
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
David Amos
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
David S. Celermajer
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Abstract

Increasing numbers of children who have undergone intracardiac repair of tetralogy of Fallot have survived to adulthood, but often have residual haemodynamic and/or electrical abnormalities. We report the unusual observation of 4 instances of cerebrovascular accidents in young adults subsequent to surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot.

Keywords

Strokecongenital heart diseasecyanosis
Type
Original Article
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , March 2005 , pp. 130 - 132
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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