Associated coronary and cardiac anomalies in the tetralogy of Fallot. An angiographic study. 1990

R P Dabizzi, and G Teodori, and G A Barletta, and G Caprioli, and G Baldrighi, and V Baldrighi
Istituto di Clinica Medica 1a, University of Florence, Italy.

Numerous studies have pointed out the frequent association of tetralogy of Fallot (TF) with other cardiovascular defects and coronary tree anomalies. We found cardiac defects in 181 (68%) out of 265 patients with TF investigated by catheterization and selective coronary angiography. These anomalies were isolated in 88 cases (49%) and associated with others in 93 patients. In the case of an isolated anomaly associated with TF, the coronary tree was involved in 37.5% and the cardiovascular system in the remaining 62.5%; in the case of two anomalies, the coronary system was involved in 66% of the patients and the cardiovascular apparatus in 34%; in the case of three or more anomalies, the coronary arteries were involved in 71% and the cardiovascular system in 29%. Anomalies in the course and/or distribution of coronary arteries were present in 96 patients (36%): 10 had a single coronary ostium, 13 a left anterior descending artery arising from the right coronary artery, one a circumflex artery arising from the right coronary artery. Small fistulas between coronary arteries and the pulmonary artery were found in 20 cases; anastomoses between coronary and bronchial arteries or right atrium in 42. In 39 patients we observed a large conus artery or large anterior ventricular branches crossing the right ventricle. A right aortic arch was found in 56 patients (21%), a stenosis of the trunk and/or the peripheral pulmonary artery in 35 (13%) and pulmonary artery atresia in five. Four patients showed a complete atrioventricular canal, three an atrial septal defect (primum type) with cleft of the mitral valve, 61 (23%) an atrial septal defect (ostium secundum). Eleven patients had anomalies of the systemic venous return, 26 (10%) a patent ductus arteriosus. Four patients had valvular abnormalities. In our series, a large proportion of cardiac defects associated with TF consists of anomalies of coronary arteries. Our data confirm the usefulness of performing preoperatively routine coronary angiography in patients with complex congenital heart disease.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008297 Male Males
D011859 Radiography Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of X-RAYS or GAMMA RAYS, recording the image on a sensitized surface (such as photographic film). Radiology, Diagnostic X-Ray,Roentgenography,X-Ray, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X-Ray,Diagnostic X-Ray Radiology,X-Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X Ray,Diagnostic X Ray Radiology,Diagnostic X-Rays,Radiology, Diagnostic X Ray,X Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,X Ray, Diagnostic,X-Rays, Diagnostic
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003330 Coronary Vessel Anomalies Malformations of CORONARY VESSELS, either arteries or veins. Included are anomalous origins of coronary arteries; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CORONARY ANEURYSM; MYOCARDIAL BRIDGING; and others. Anomaly, Coronary Vessel,Coronary Vessel Anomaly
D005260 Female Females
D006328 Cardiac Catheterization Procedures in which placement of CARDIAC CATHETERS is performed for therapeutic or diagnostic procedures. Catheterization, Cardiac,Catheterization, Heart,Heart Catheterization,Cardiac Catheterizations,Catheterizations, Cardiac,Catheterizations, Heart,Heart Catheterizations
D006330 Heart Defects, Congenital Developmental abnormalities involving structures of the heart. These defects are present at birth but may be discovered later in life. Congenital Heart Disease,Heart Abnormalities,Abnormality, Heart,Congenital Heart Defect,Congenital Heart Defects,Defects, Congenital Heart,Heart Defect, Congenital,Heart, Malformation Of,Congenital Heart Diseases,Defect, Congenital Heart,Disease, Congenital Heart,Heart Abnormality,Heart Disease, Congenital,Malformation Of Heart,Malformation Of Hearts
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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