Rupture of a synthetic VSD patch 28 years after total correction of Fallot's anomaly.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Patients operated on for complex congenital heart malformations need continuous follow-up. We present a male patient born in 1948 with Fallot's anomaly. A total correction was performed when he was 21 years old. Twenty-eight years after the operation, at routine follow-up, he presented with a significant left-to-right shunt because of a new ventricular septal defect. During the operation we found the original patch to be fractured with a central perforation. The patient received a new patch and has been without any clinical symptoms since.
Medical subject headings
- Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular
- Polyethylene Terephthalates
- Prostheses and Implants
- Prosthesis Failure
- Tetralogy of Fallot