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Congenital heart disease · Nov 2011
Case ReportsRelief of right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit compression by chest wall resection.
- Brian E Kogon, Ashish Jain, Jonathan McGuinness, Jerre Lutz, Maan Jokhadar, Michael McConnell, and Wendy Book.
- Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery Cardiology, Emory University, 1450 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Brian_kogon@emoryhealthcare.org
- Congenit Heart Dis. 2011 Nov 1; 6 (6): 634-7.
AbstractMany congenital heart defects require reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract utilizing a right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit. One of the challenges with these conduits is the development of conduit stenosis. This phenomenon is quite common and typically results from a combination of progressive calcification, fibrosis, and/or the relative size mismatch that occurs with patient growth. However, extrinsic compression is much less common and a much more difficult problem to address. Chest wall resection and reconstruction is an option for alleviating external conduit compression that provides good results.© 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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