Invited commentary. Favorable early and mid-term outcomes after corrective congenital surgery (including reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract) have led to an increasing demand for right ventricular-pulmonary artery.
Carrel
Thierry
T
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Berne, Freiburgstrasse, Berne CH-3010, Switzerland. thierry.carrel@insel.ch
Schoenhoff
Florian
F
D001705:Bioprosthesis; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000637:transplantation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*