Valved homograft conduit repair of the right heart in early infancy

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 68; no. 2; pp. 542 - 548
• Main Authors: Perron, Jean, Moran, Adrian M, Gauvreau, Kimberlee, del Nido, Pedro J, Mayer, John E, Jonas, Richard A
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.08.1999; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Bioprosthesis; Blood Vessel Prosthesis; Follow-Up Studies; Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery; Heart Valve Prosthesis; Heart Ventricles - surgery; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Medical sciences; Postoperative Complications - surgery; Pulmonary Artery - abnormalities; Pulmonary Artery - surgery; Pulmonary Atresia - surgery; Pulmonary Valve - abnormalities; Pulmonary Valve - transplantation; Reoperation; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the heart; Tetralogy of Fallot - surgery; Transplantation, Homologous; Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent - surgery; Human; Prognosis; Congenital; Treatment efficiency; Mortality; Homograft; Cardiovascular disease; Infant; Congenital disease; Morbidity; Newborn; Treatment; Surgery; Heart disease; Right heart; Graft; Technique

Background. Valved homograft conduit repair in neonates and young infants creates a physiologically normal biventricular circulation, and unlike shunts, avoids surgery on the branch pulmonary. Methods. Retrospective chart review was used for 84 patients operated on between 1990 and 1995 (mean age 26...