title: Annuloplasty of cryopreserved pulmonary homograft with Delrin stent in pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect.
abstract: A six-year-old child was suffering from pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect after a total correction at 1 year of age using a bovine pericardial monocusp valve in the reconstruction of the right ventricle outflow tract. The infant evolved with significant pulmonary valve regurgitation (PVR) and right ventricle dysfunction. On reoperation, a cryopreserved pulmonary homograft (CPH) was implanted with annuloplasty utilizing a Delrin ring with the aim of avoiding geometric distortion of the vessel. After two years, an echocardiogram proved a similar state to the immediate postoperative period with slight pulmonary valve regurgitation and normal right ventricular function suggesting that this maneuver may be used as coadjuvant treatment to optimize the result of CPH implantation.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cirurgia Cardiovascular Pediátrica, São José do Rio Preto, Hospital de Base, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil. uacroti@cardiol.br
authors.forename: Ulisses Alexandre
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Croti
authors.forename: Domingo Marcolino
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Braile
authors.forename: Moacir Fernandes
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: de Godoy
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramirez
authors.forename: Lilian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beani
authors.forename: Aírton Camacho
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Moscadini
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D015925:Cryopreservation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000637:transplantation*; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000601:surgery*; D011665:Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome