%0 Journal Article %T Primary Results of Late Surgical Treatment in Children with Tetralogy of Fallot from a Developing Country %A M. Hofbeck %A D. A. Affangla %A A. Hanser %A L. Sieverding %A G. Wiegand %A R. Kaulitz %A M. Kumpf %A M. Moustafi %A F. Neunhoeffer %A C. Schlensak %A G. A. Bazolo Ba Ngouala %A D. M. Ba %A I. Basse %A M. Leye %J World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases %P 538-544 %@ 2164-5337 %D 2019 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/wjcd.2019.98046 %X Objectives: The purpose was to show how important is to operate on the Senegalese African children presenting with Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) regardless of their age. Methods: It is a retrospective, descriptive analysis of data from the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospital of Tuebingen’s data base which was searched for all cases of TOF in foreign patients younger than 15 years between 05/2004-10/2016. Results: 16 children from Senegal with TOF were referred for treatment. Mean age of patients was 7.0 years (range 0.9 -