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Ann Thorac Surg 1989;47:784-785
© 1989 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Extended use of a pulmonary homograft for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction

G.D. Angelini, MD, FRCS*, J.M. Quaegebeur, MD

Department of Cardiopulmonary Surgery, Thorax Center, Academic Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Accepted for publication December 19, 1988.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Angelini, Thorax Center Bd 162, Academic Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, Dr Molewaterplein 40, 3015 CD Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

When a pulmonary homograft is used for reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract a patch or tube extension is usually required to close the gap in the right ventriculotomy. We describe here a simple method by which a large patch can be tailored from the homograft using the distal main pulmonary artery and its branches.






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