Decreased left ventricular filling pressure 8 months after corrective surgery in a 55-year-old man with tetralogy of Fallot: adaptation for increased preload

Jpn Circ J. 1999 Feb;63(2):145-7. doi: 10.1253/jcj.63.145.

Abstract

A 55-year-old man with tetralogy of Fallot underwent corrective surgery. Left ventricular filling pressure increased markedly with increased left ventricular volume one month after surgery, then decreased over the next 7 months, presumably due to increased left ventricular compliance.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Physiological
  • Convalescence
  • Cyanosis / etiology
  • Diastole
  • Edema / etiology
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology
  • Humans
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / etiology*
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / physiopathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / physiopathology*
  • Postoperative Period
  • Pressure
  • Tetralogy of Fallot / complications
  • Tetralogy of Fallot / surgery*
  • Ultrasonography
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology*
  • Ventricular Function, Left
  • Ventricular Remodeling