title: Reconstruction of supravalvar aortic stenosis with autologous pulmonary artery.
abstract: Use of autologous tissue in corrective cardiac operations offers many advantages including the potential for growth. We report a surgical technique using autologous pulmonary artery in the repair of supravalvar aortic stenosis in a 6-year-old child. At 30 months' follow-up, the pulmonary arterial tissue shows no evidence of calcification or dilatation and appears to be growing with the aorta.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. alhalees@kfshrc.edu.sa
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Al-Halees
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prabhakar
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Galal
mesh_terms: D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000637:transplantation*; D011859:Radiography; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods