Fresh homografts obtained through a national organ-sharing programme for repair of congenital heart disease.
J Int Med Res
; 33(1): 123-31, 2005.
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ABSTRACT
Homografts have been used in congenital cardiac surgery for over 30 years. We utilized the resources of a national organ-sharing programme to obtain fresh homografts and report their use in correcting cardiac pathologies in 20 children between March 2001 and May 2003. In 16 patients, a valved conduit was used to form a connection between the pulmonary ventricle and the pulmonary artery. In three patients, a non-valved aortic conduit was used to form an extra-cardiac Fontan circulation and in one patient, non-valved pulmonary and aortic conduits were used to repair an infected aortic aneurysm. Three patients died following surgery. Survivors were followed up using echocardiography between 2 and 24 months post-surgery. Results demonstrate that, with the help of a national organ-sharing programme, the use of fresh homograft conduits is feasible in a paediatric patient population with reasonable waiting times.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trasplante Homólogo
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Cardiopatías Congénitas
Límite:
Child
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Int Med Res
Año:
2005
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Turquía