EP09.46: Biventricular remodelling in tetralogy of Fallot starts from fetal life.

This article discusses a study conducted to understand the cardiovascular remodeling and function in fetuses with tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) using echocardiography. The study included 63 ToF fetuses and 66 healthy fetuses as controls. The results showed that ToF fetuses had lower cardiac sphericity index with biventricular hypertrophy, prolonged filling time fractions, and increased cardiac index. Additionally, there were associations between certain echocardiographic parameters and postnatal outcomes. The study concludes that further research is needed to correlate these findings with postnatal echocardiography. [Extracted from the article]