Key result
Cryopreserved homograft valves implanted in the pulmonary position demonstrated good mid-term function with an operative mortality of 3.3% (2/56) and 51 long-term survivors.
Population
56 patients undergoing implantation of a valve in the pulmonary position.
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
1 month to 5 1/2 years
Authors
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May inform conduit selection in congenital surgery; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Observational (n=56)
Cryopreserved homograft valves function well in the right ventricular outflow tract with low operative mortality and good mid-term clinical outcomes in pediatric and young adult patients.
Lamberti et al. (1991) reported an observational. Cryopreserved homograft valves in the pulmonary position was evaluated on Operative mortality. Cryopreserved homograft valves implanted in the pulmonary position demonstrated good mid-term function with an operative mortality of 3.3% (2/56) and 51 long-term survivors.
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