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Introduction
Reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract continues to occupy a significant portion of the congenital heart surgeon's time and is likely to do so until tissue-engineered conduits achieve c...
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Fred A. Crawford
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Trileaflet Polytetrafluoroethylene Valved Conduit for Pulmonary Reconstruction
Extracardiac conduits, used for pulmonary reconstruction in congenital heart surgery, inevitably fail in the long term. This is even true with homografts, which have been the gold standard, and calcif...
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Makoto Ando,
Yukihiro Takahashi
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The Stentless Porcine Aortic Root for Reconstruction of Right Ventricular Outflow Tract
There are various congenital cardiac diseases that require repeat reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT). Several options are available for RVOT reconstruction. We present the te...
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Aditya K. Kaza,
Phillip T. Burch,
John A. Hawkins
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Technique for the Repair of Truncus Arteriosus to Maintain Pulmonary Artery Architecture
Due to improved techniques, the timing for the surgical correction of truncus arteriosus (TA) has moved to the neonatal period. Although this has reduced the mortality, patients frequently develop bra...
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George M. Alfieris,
Michael F. Swartz
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Robotic Segmentectomy
Pulmonary segmentectomy is defined as the removal of an anatomic subdivision or segment of the pulmonary parenchyma in a lobe of the lung. Pulmonary segmentectomy has been most commonly used by genera...
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Robert J. Cerfolio
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Parenchymal-Sparing Lung Resections: Technique of Sleeve Resections
Bronchial sleeve resections are generally indicated when a neoplasm originates from or extends to the origin of a lobar bronchus. Sleeve resection should also be considered when the presence of bulky ...
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James M. Isbell,
David R. Jones
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Surgery for Aortic Valve Endocarditis
Endocarditis is a potentially devastating disease for which the treatment ranges in complexity from intravenous antibiotic treatment to complex cardiac reconstruction. With regard to the aortic valve,...
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John S. Ikonomidis
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Endocarditis with Involvement of the Aorto-Mitral Curtain
Endocarditis presents a treatment challenge for the physician and potential mortality for the patient. When medical therapy fails or complications arise, surgical repair may become necessary. When the...
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Basel Ramlawi,
Michael J. Reardon
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