Reconstruction of supravalvar aortic stenosis with autologous pulmonary artery.

Al-Halees, Z; Prabhakar, G; Galal, O · Ann Thorac Surg · 1998

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Use of autologous tissue in corrective cardiac operations offers many advantages including the potential for growth. We report a surgical technique using autologous pulmonary artery in the repair of supravalvar aortic stenosis in a 6-year-old child. At 30 months' follow-up, the pulmonary arterial tissue shows no evidence of calcification or dilatation and appears to be growing with the aorta.

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