Lamia Ait-Ali, Benedetta Leonardi, Annalisa Alaimo, Giovanna Baccano, Elena Bennati, Valentina Bucciarelli, Alberto Clemente, Silvia Favilli, Francesca Ferroni, Maria Cristina Inserra, Luigi Lovato, Antonella Maiorano, Simona Anna Marcora, Chiara Marrone, Nicola Martini, Gianluca Mirizzi, Giulia Pasqualin, Giuseppe Peritore, Giovanni Puppini, Camilla Sandrini, Francesca Raimondi, Francesco Secchi, Gaia Spaziani, Nicola Stagnaro, Stefano Salvadori, Aurelio Secinaro, Bertrand Tchana, Gianluca Trocchio, Davide Galetti, Federica Pieroni, Stefano Dalmiani, Francesco Bianco, Pierluigi Festa
Background: Managing repaired tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) patients is still challenging despite the fact that published studies identified prognostic clinical or imaging data with rather good negative predictive accuracy but weak positive predictive accuracy. Heterogeneity of the initial anatomy, the surgical approach, and the complexity of the mechanism leading to dilation and ventricular dysfunction explain the challenge of predicting the adverse event in this population. Therefore, risk stratification and management of this population remain poorly standardized...
October 19, 2023: Diagnostics