Reconstruction of supravalvar aortic stenosis with autologous pulmonary artery

Ann Thorac Surg. 1998 Feb;65(2):532-4.

Abstract

Use of autologous tissue in corrective cardiac operations offers many advantages including the potential for growth. We report a surgical technique using autologous pulmonary artery in the repair of supravalvar aortic stenosis in a 6-year-old child. At 30 months' follow-up, the pulmonary arterial tissue shows no evidence of calcification or dilatation and appears to be growing with the aorta.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Artery / transplantation*
  • Radiography
  • Transplantation, Autologous
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures / methods