A new patch for the Norwood procedure.
The problems related to the pediatric pulmonary homograft availability and the possible transmission of viral infection led us to design a new patch for aortic enlargement in the Norwood procedure for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. This sterile bovine pericardial patch is not expensive and can be tailor-made.
Gargiulo
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, Santa Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Italy. gargiulo@orsola-malpighi.med.unibo.it
Pace Napoleone
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Solinas
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Frascaroli
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Pierangeli
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D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002417:Cattle; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D013536:Suture Techniques