Pulse duplicator study of the right ventricular outflow tract: changes induced by surgery.
Thirty-one adult pig hearts were studied in a pulse duplicator to observe the changes induced by right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction. Six were normal hearts, 7 had a transannular outflow patch and 18 a composite monocusp patch inserted. Abnormal movements and distortion of the posterior pulmonary leaflets were observed when a patch had been inserted. The monocusp patch achieved a competent pulmonary valve although the bovine pericardial cusp had slower movements than the normal leaflet, resulting in a mild regurgitation.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D011665:Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / Q000503:physiopathology; D013552:Swine