Right ventricular outflow reconstruction with handmade valve conduit - A short experience from a developing country. Case series.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Right ventricular outflow tract continuity abnormalities are one of the most commonly encountered entities in the field of congenital cardiac surgery. Various strategies including homograft, valve conduit, Contegra are used to restore continuity between right ventricle and pulmonary artery. In countries like Pakistan these may not be easily available and affordable. We report the experience of our short observational study of using a handmade trileaflet valve conduit to reconstruct the right ventricular outflow tract.

Methodology

From September 2015 to December 2016, a total of 15 patients with different congenital heart diseases underwent open-heart surgery at our institute. Restoration of right ventricular to pulmonary artery continuity was achieved using handma

SUBMITTER: Khan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7490446 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature