Ayat Shoaib Shah

Dr. Ayat Shoaib Shah


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1 November 2026 in Journal of Clinical Medicine
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Giovanni Di SalvoGiovanni Di Salvo
Giovanni Di Salvo
EPElettra Pomiato
Elettra Pomiato
FMFrancesca Marino
Francesca Marino
YAYara Samir Alras
Yara Samir Alras
ASAyat Shoaib Shah
Ayat Shoaib Shah
VALERIA PERGOLAVALERIA PERGOLA
VALERIA PERGOLA
Obesity complicates assessment after repair of tetralogy of Fallot (rTOF) because it can influence symptoms, exercise performance, ventricular remodeling, and the normalization of ventricular measurements. This narrative review examines the direct rTOF evidence, almost all observational, and its implications for pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) decision-making. Obesity is present in approximately 15–20% of patients (12–26% across the cohorts reviewed). In studies using absolute, height-indexed, or ideal-BSA-indexed volumes, obesity was associated with larger biventricular volumes and lower ventricular ejection fractions, and the RV volume association persisted after adjustment for PR in one study. These findings have implications for the interpretation of cardiac findings in patients with moderate-to-severe PR after rTOF. Decisions are best made by integrating all findings, with extra attention to patients with obesity. We propose an integrated assessment of symptoms, rhythms, exercise findings, and ventricular measurements.