title: Pulmonary valve replacement with a porcine aortic heterograft.
abstract: Pulmonary valve replacement is an uncommon surgical procedure, yet lifesaving when performed under the appropriate circumstances. The patient reported on here had the classic indications for valve replacement: increased pulmonary vascular resistance and associated pulmonary valve incompetence following repair of a congenital heart defect resulting in right heart failure and secondary tricuspid insufficiency. A review of the literature provides the basis for the decision to replace the pulmonary valve with a glutaraldehyde-preserved porcine heterograft.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000637:transplantation*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D013552:Swine; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous