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OBJETIVO: Apresentar um caso de Tetralogia de Fallot, uma doença cardíaca congênita grave, que pode causar um impacto nos tecidos dentários, os quais necessitam de tratamento. DISCUSSÃO E CONCLUSÃO: O tratamento adequado de pacientes com problemas cardíacos depende do conhecimento do clínico a respeito da condição. Este relato enfatiza o manejo odontológico de pacientes com Tetralogia de Fallot.
OBJECTIVE: To present a case of Tetralogy of Fallot, a serious congenital heart disease, which can have an impact upon the dental tissue and which needs dental care. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Successful management of cardiac patients depends upon, knowledge about the condition. This paper highlights on dental management of Tetralogy of Fallot patients.
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Child, Preschool , Cyanosis/etiology , Tetralogy of Fallot/complications , Gingiva , TongueABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: We analysed differences in operative methods and postoperative outcome according to the severity of preoperative cyanosis in adult ToF (Tetralogy of Fallot) patients. MATERIAL AND METHOD: From August 1989 to June 2001, thirty three adult patients, 18 females and 15 males, underwent total correction for ToF. Their age ranged from 15 years to 54 years (median: 34). Patients were divided into 2 groups by preoperative SaO2 (arterial oxygen saturation): group I (n=cyanotic, SaO2 or =95%). Preoperative median hemoglobin level was higher in group I compared to group II (17.5 g/dl vs 15 g/dl). Postoperative follow-up duration ranged from 1 to 94 months (670 patient-month, median: 14 months), and 63 two-dimensional echocardiographic examinations were done during this period. RESULT: There were no early or late mortality. With regard to RVOT (right ventricular outflow tract) reconstruction, trans-annular patch and RV-PA extracardiac conduit were used in 7 and 3 patients respectively, and all of them belonged to group I. In group I, cardiopulmonary bypass time, aortic cross-clamping time, ICU day, hospital day were significantly longer than in group II, and postoperative inotropic support was significantly greater than in group II. There was no ventricular arrhythmia in both groups, and one patient in group I suffered from atrial arrhythmia, which was resolved spontaneously after tricuspid and pulmonary valve replacement. During follow-up periods, functional class, residual RVOT stenosis and pulmonary regurgitation, tricuspid regurgitation, occurrence of ventricular and atrial arrhythmias were comparable between two groups. CONCLUSION: In adult ToF patients with severe preoperative cyanosis, more aggressive RVOT reconstruction and careful postoperative care are mandatory. However intermediate-term outcome of this group of patients is comparable to the patients with minimal or no preoperative cyanosis.