Year: 2002
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: I Klinika Kardiochirurgii Instytutu Kardiologii w Warszawie Hemolytic anemia after repair of tetralogy of Fallot many years agoWe report the case of 26-year-old patient with hemolytic anemia who underwent a repair of tetralogy of Fallot in childchood.The hemolysis was caused by mechanical damage of the erythrocytes due to vigorous flow through the residual ventricular septal defect and severely obstructed left ventricular outflow tract.Subsequent surgical correction stopped hemolysis within few days.During next 3 month follow-up reccurence of hemolytic anemia was not detected.(Folia Cardiol.2002: 9: 81-85) hemolytic anemia, tetralogy of Fallot, left-to-right shunt, ventricular septal defect, subvalvular aortic stenosis
Source: Via Medica Journals
Authors: A. Wójcik, Ewa Jakubowska, Hanna Siudalska, Jacek Różański, Mariusz Kuśmierczyk, Piotr Hoffmań
Language: Polish
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2574814894