title: Evolving hybrid approaches: the preservation of the 'neglected' pulmonary valve function in patients with congenital heart disease.
abstract: The involvement of the hemodynamic expertise in the operating room led to the development of new strategies aimed to improve both early and long-term outcome of patients with congenital heart disease. During the last decade, with the aim of preserving the pulmonary valve function, we embarked on a new surgical approach, which combines surgical and interventional techniques, which are performed in the operating room. We believe that the preservation of the pulmonary valve function can be extended to any patients with classic tetralogy of Fallot and other selected patients with congenital pulmonary valve hypoplasia and dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: a Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences , University of Padua , Padua , Italy.
authors.forename: Vladimiro L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Vida
authors.affiliation: b Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, & Vascular Surgery, Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery , NewYork-Presbyterian Congenital Heart Center , New York , NY , USA.
authors.forename: Emile
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bacha
authors.affiliation: a Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences , University of Padua , Padua , Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stellin
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D011665:Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / Q000503:physiopathology; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Hybrid approach; congenital heart disease; surgery; valve disease