Tetralogie de Fallot chez l'adulte: a propos de 18 cas

ABSTRACT

18 cases of patients aged more than 15 years affected with non coected tetralgie of Fallot are reported. The average age is 20 years with au extreme of 15 and 37 years, 10 patients are females and 8 are males. All patients present a cyanosie in calm time 4 have signs of night heart insuficiency, 5 present syncorpss and 4 present hemoptysie. A right arricular hypertophy in 8 cases, and 3 intra-ventricular conduction are notreced during electrocardiogram. In heart catheterism the regleet auriculum premoir is of 6 mmHg, the ventricular telediaastolic pression is 11 mmHg. 3 patients hrad a palliative intervention. we notrced only one death. The immediate consequences are marpred by intra ventricular condiction in 11 cases, 2 regressive BAV and 5 heart insufficiency. 15 patients were controlled after 6 years, 14 have a normal life. These goods remits propose to surge all adults hairing tetralogie of Fallot but a complet reparaation in the early enfance