Case Report

A Long-Term Survivor with Tetralogy of Fallot Treated Only with the Classical Blalock-Taussig Shunt

Table 1

Previous reports in PubMed of unoperated TOF surviving over 70 years old.

NumberAuthor (year)AgeGenderSymptom or reason of admissionOther cardiac complications

1Thomas et al. (1987) [5]77MaleDyspneaDuctus arteriosus, mitral regurgitation
2Fernicola et al. (1993) [6]74MaleDyspneaMitral prolapse
3Ishida et al. (2001) [7]71MaleDyspneaNone
4Bielik et al. (2005) [8]74MaleSyncopeNone
5Tanaka et al. (2005) [9]72FemaleDyspneaNone
6Yang et al. (2005) [10]73MaleDyspneaNone
7Alonso et al. (2007) [11]86MaleChest painCoronary artery disease
8Nieves et al. (2007) [12]70FemaleDyspneaNone
9Stanescu et al. (2008) [13]75MaleDyspneaQuadricuspid aortic valve
10Subhawoang et al. (2009) [14]87FemaleCerebral infractionNone
11Sousa et al. (2013) [15]72FemaleDyspneaEndocarditis