Gender differences and role of pregnancy in the history of post-surgical women affected by tetralogy of Fallot.

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to describe gender differences in patients operated on for TOF and to define the impact of pregnancy in late post-surgical follow-up in women. METHODS: In this research, we studied 145 patients after correction of TOF: 66 male, 79 women, 41 of which reported his...

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Main Authors: Luciano Daliento, Lucia Dal Bianco, Francesco Bagato, Eleonora Secco, Berardo Sarubbi, Elisa Mazzotti, Barbara Bauce, Giulio Rizzoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3519776?pdf=render