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Ann Thorac Surg 1979;27:148-153
© 1979 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Pulmonary Valve Replacement with a Porcine Aortic Heterograft

From the Departments of Surgery and Pediatric Cardiology, University of Minnesota Health Sciences Center, Minneapolis, MN

Accepted for publication June 3, 1978.

^* Address reprint requests to Dr. Nicoloff, Box 280, Mayo Memorial Building, University of Minnesota Hospitals, 420 SE Delaware St, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Pulmonary valve replacement is an uncommon surgical procedure, yet lifesaving when performed under the appropriate circumstances. The patient reported on here had the classic indications for valve replacement: increased pulmonary vascular resistance and associated pulmonary valve incompetence following repair of a congenital heart defect resulting in right heart failure and secondary tricuspid insufficiency. A review of the literature provides the basis for the decision to replace the pulmonary valve with a glutaraldehyde-preserved porcine heterograft.

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