%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 -