title: Use of Indigenous Decellularized Valved Xenograft Conduit for Double-Barrel Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction: Nine-Year Follow-Up.
abstract: Over the last two decades, numerous conduit options and implantation techniques have been described for right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) reconstruction in the management of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) with hypoplastic pulmonary annulus. The limited availability of homografts and the cost factor have led us to explore the use of decellularized xenografts as an alternative. Here we present a nine-year follow-up of an adult patient with TOF with hypoplastic pulmonary annulus, who underwent reconstruction of the RVOT by the double-barrel technique, using a decellularized porcine pulmonary artery xenograft valved conduit.
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Cardiothoracic and Vascular Diseases, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Frontier Lifeline (Dr.K.M.Cherian Heart Foundation), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India balaji108@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Balaji
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Srimurugan
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Cardiothoracic and Vascular Diseases, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Frontier Lifeline (Dr.K.M.Cherian Heart Foundation), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Madhusankar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nainar
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Cardiothoracic and Vascular Diseases, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Frontier Lifeline (Dr.K.M.Cherian Heart Foundation), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Sowmya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramanan
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Cardiothoracic and Vascular Diseases, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Frontier Lifeline (Dr.K.M.Cherian Heart Foundation), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Balasundari
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ramesh
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Cardiothoracic and Vascular Diseases, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Frontier Lifeline (Dr.K.M.Cherian Heart Foundation), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Cherian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D064593:Heterografts; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000637:transplantation*; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000601:surgery; D013552:Swine; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D016378:Tissue Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: CHD; xenograft