title: Usefulness of bicuspid homograft reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract in infants with complex congenital heart disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Verona Medical School, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Santini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prioli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rossetti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Consolaro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazzucco
mesh_terms: 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