Brief ReportsUsefulness of Bicuspid Homograft Reconstruction of the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract in Infants With Complex Congenital Heart Disease
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Early results of valved bovine jugular vein conduit versus bicuspid homograft for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction
2002, Annals of Thoracic SurgeryCitation Excerpt :Because of the unknown durability, we decided to implant this conduit preferably in infants and younger children in whom outgrowth of the conduit could be expected before hemodynamically significant structural changes should appear. Although we acknowledge that the newly bicuspid homograft is certainly not the standard option for RVOT reconstruction in children, midterm clinical experience with these modified valved conduits has demonstrated that their early hemodynamic performance was equivalent to that of tricuspid, unaltered allografts [14]. Therefore, the preliminary clinical and hemodynamic outcome of the bovine xenografts was compared with that of size-reduced pulmonary homografts, which are considered as an alternative short-term conduit for a similar target population.
Downsized cryopreserved and standard-sized allografts for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction in children: Long-Term single-institutional experience
2018, Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery