Usefulness of bicuspid homograft reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract in infants with complex congenital heart disease.
Homograft supply is limited especially for those sizes required for neonatal and infant cardiac operations. Surgically downsized homografts have been successfully used for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction in 5 children (mean weight 6.2 kg) with evidence of good hemodynamic performance of the conduits at a mean follow-up time of 3.7 years.
Santini
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Verona Medical School, Italy.
Prioli
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A
Rossetti
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L
Consolaro
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G
Mazzucco
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A
D001705:Bioprosthesis; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000637:transplantation*; D014463:Ultrasonography