title: Hilum-to-hilum Gore-Tex tube replacement of central pulmonary arteries.
abstract: Patients born with hypoplastic pulmonary arteries require recurrent procedures of shunting, patch reconstructions, balloon dilatations, and occasionally stenting to achieve adult-size vessels. We have applied a hilum-to-hilum Gore-Tex conduit replacement for the stenosed central pulmonary arteries to 12 consecutive patients with a Gore-Tex tube of 14 mm (9 patients) or 12 mm (3 patients) at a median age of 6.7 years (range, 1.6 to 16.9). There were 8 patients with biventricular repair (2 patients with heart transplantation) and 4 patients with Fontan completions. After a follow-up time of 25 ± 22 months, there was no mortality, reintervention, or restenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sughimoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Paediatrics of the University of Melbourne, and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Igor E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Konstantinov
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Paediatrics of the University of Melbourne, and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Christian P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Brizard
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Paediatrics of the University of Melbourne, and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: yves.dudekem@rch.org.au.
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: d'Udekem
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene