Congenital heart disease
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Congenital heart disease · Mar 2007
Perimount bovine pericardial valve to restore pulmonary valve competence late after right ventricular outflow tract repair.
No ideal option exists for restoring pulmonary valve competence late after repair of the congenitally abnormal right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT). This has driven a continued search for new alternatives. Texas Children's Hospital has recently used the Carpentier-Edwards Perimount RSR Pericardial Aortic Prosthesis (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, Calif, USA) for this indication and reports the initial experience. ⋯ Initial results with the Perimount bovine pericardial tissue prosthesis for pulmonary valve replacement are encouraging. Further follow-up is required to define long-term function and durability.