title: Construction of an aortic homograft conduit for right ventricle to pulmonary artery continuity.
abstract: Over the past decade the aortic homograft has become the extracardiac conduit of choice for repair of many congenital cardiac defects. Anastomosis of the homograft annulus to the right ventricle may distort the valve and render it incompetent. Prosthetic tube grafts have been used to bridge the right ventricle and distal homograft. We propose and have use successfully a method for establishing right ventricle to pulmonary artery continuity that is free of prosthetic materials, is technically simple, and places the homograft valve in the hilum, away from the distorting right ventricle free wall.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Le Bonheur Heart Center, Memphis, TN 38103.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Hoots
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000637:transplantation*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D016042:Transplantation, Heterotopic; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014339:Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates