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  • Title: Reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract including pulmonary valve replacement in 6 children under two years of age.
    Author: Oster H, Bernsau U, Piepenbrock S, Oelert H.
    Journal: Thorac Cardiovasc Surg; 1979 Jun; 27(3):190-4. PubMed ID: 572593.
    Abstract:
    In 6 children under 2 years of age correction of congenital heart defects required reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract including replacement of the pulmonary valve. Outflow tract reconstruction consisted in implantation of a size 14 valved conduit in 2 patients with d-TGA and subpulmonary stenosis and 1-TGA and subpulmonary stenosis, and a size 16 valved conduit in 2 other patients with truncus arteriosus. In 2 children with DOLV, VSD and aneurysm of the pulmonary artery trunk, the pulmonary valve was replaced by porcine heterografts, sizes 19 and 21 respectively, after primary patch reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract. There was one operative death in a child with d-TGA, intact ventricular septum and severe subpulmonary stenosis. This child died in low cardiac output, probably because too much contractile muscle was lost at the site of anastomosis with the conduit. For reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract, pulmonary valve replacement has proven mandatory in cases with pulmonary hypertension in order to prevent postoperative right heart failure. Similarly, in cases with pulmonary stenosis and hypoplastic pulmonary arteries, postoperative pulmonary insufficiency can be deleterious to the right ventricle.
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