title: [Cryopreserved viable pedicled aortic homografts for complex congenital heart diseases: report of 2 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the authors' experience in treating complex congenital heart diseases with cryopreserved viable pedicled aortic homografts (CVAHs).
  
  
  METHODS
  CVAHs were obtained within 3 h after death of donors younger than 35 years old due to non-cardiovascular and non-infectious diseases. After routine treatment, the homografts were cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen and thawed in 0.9% sodium chloride solution at 37 to 42 degrees celsius before use. A CVAH was used as a valved conduit to connect the pulmonary artery and right ventricle in one case of double-outlet right ventricle, pulmonary stenosis and coronary artery deformation. In another case of severe tetralogy of Fallot, a CVAH was used as a valved patch to enlarge the right ventricle outlet.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The homografts were preserved satisfactorily. The surgical results of the 2 cases with congenital heart diseases were satisfactory in perioperative and follow-up periods.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CVAH is a good substitute to rebuild right ventricle-pulmonary artery connection in treatment of complex congenital heart diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, First People's Hospital of Zhaoqing City, Zhaoqing 526021, China.
authors.forename: Xue-Quan
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hua-Zeng
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Sheng-Ting
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Qiang
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D015925:Cryopreservation; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous