Central shunt and pulmonary valvotomy in the treatment of critical pulmonary stenosis.
Pulmonary valvotomy combined with a central shunt ("U shaped" Gore-tex graft) for palliative treatment of critical pulmonary stenosis is reported. The same graft was employed for right ventricular outflow reconstruction at the time of the definitive repair.
Di Eusanio
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, Teramo, Italy.
Mazzola
A
A
Gregorini
R
R
Di Manici
G
G
Esposito
G P
GP
Di Nardo
W
W
De Curtis
G
G
Procaccini
B
B
Clementi
G
G
Di Luzio
V
V
D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*