%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 TuebingenĄ¯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 -