Implantation of a prosthesis mounted inside a self-expandable stent in the pulmonary valvar area without use of cardiopulmonary bypass.
Patients with right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction often require redo operations with time. Unique surgical problems exist in this group of patients. We report an innovative method of implantation of a pulmonary valve without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass.
Schreiber
Christian
C
Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Anaesthesiology, German Heart Center Munich, The Technical University, Munich, Germany. schreiber@dhm.mhn.de
Bauernschmitt
Robert
R
Augustin
Norbert
N
Libera
Paul
P
Busley
Raimund
R
Eicken
Andreas
A
Lange
Rüdiger
R
D000293:Adolescent; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D004867:Equipment Design; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011665:Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000601:surgery; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*