title: Homograft use in patient with tetralogy of Fallot and absent pulmonary valve.
abstract: A neonate with tetralogy of Fallot and absent pulmonary valve presented with respiratory distress due to airway obstruction after birth. He was placed on mechanical respiration. At 28-days old, he underwent pulmonary artery reduction and pulmonary homograft insertion. Ventricular septal defect patch closure was performed under cardiopulmonary bypass. His postoperative course was complicated by prolonged mechanical ventilatory support because of tracheomalacia. After 1 year of follow-up, he was in good condition without pulmonary regurgitation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan. koutakeuchi-circ@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Koh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Masuzawa
authors.forename: Jotaro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ono
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000637:transplantation*; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000601:surgery*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous