Survival Trends in Children With Tetralogy of Fallot in Sweden From 1970 to 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Mortality in patients with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) has decreased substantially since the start of surgical correction of this abnormality in the 1950s. However, nationwide data in Sweden comparing survival trends among pediatric patients with TOF with the general population are still limited.

Objective

To study survival trends in pediatric patients with TOF and compare them with matched controls.

Design, setting, and participants

A Swedish registry-based, nationwide, matched cohort study was conducted; data were collected from national health registers from January 1, 1970, to December 31, 2017. Patients with a registered diagnosis of TOF as well as controls without TOF matched by birth year and sex were included in the study. Follow-up data were collecte

SUBMITTER: Persson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10203890 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature