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RESUMEN - Vol. 28 - Nº 1 - Abril 2013	TEXTO COMPLETO	INICIO
Pulmonary valve insufficiency in the late postoperative follow-up of tetralogy of Fallot. Contribution of conventional transthoracic echocardiography for decision making
Dr. Daniel Felipe Guzzo de León¹ 1. Coordinador del Comité Docente de Cardiología Pediátrica. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de la República. Montevideo, Uruguay. Correspondencia: Coronel Alegre 1168/101. CP: 11300. Montevideo, Uruguay. Correo electrónico: guzzo@adinet.com.uy Recibido diciembre 11, 2012; aceptado febrero 19, 2013

KEY WORDS: \| TETRALOGY OF FALLOT-surgery \| PULMONARY VALVE INSUFICIENCY \| THORACIC SURGERY-methods \| SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE-methods \| ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY \| TRI-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY \|
Summary Pulmonary valve regurgitation is one of the main problems in the late post-op of Tetrallogy of Fallot, having a great incidence and depending on many aspects . In these paper a review is done considering the usefulness of conventional transtoracic ecocardiography as a tool to evaluate patients with pulmonary regurgitation.in the late post-op of Tetralogy of Fallot. Main physiopathologic concepts about these entity are presented, and as a function of that, the most important ecocardiographic parameters to be considered evaluating these patients are also described. Finally guidelines on the opportunity for pulmonary valve replacement are considered.
Correspondencia: Daniel Felipe Guzzo de León. Correo electrónico:guzzo@adinet.com.uy

Pulmonary valve insufficiency in the late postoperative follow-up of tetralogy of Fallot. Contribution of conventional transthoracic echocardiography for decision making

Pulmonary valve insufficiency in the late postoperative follow-up of tetralogy of Fallot.
Contribution of conventional transthoracic echocardiography for decision making