Pulmonary autograft in ventricular septal defect-aortic insufficiency complex

P H Schoof; M G Hazekamp; H A Huysmans

doi:10.1016/0003-4975(95)00955-8

Pulmonary autograft in ventricular septal defect-aortic insufficiency complex

Ann Thorac Surg. 1996 Mar;61(3):1005-6. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)00955-8.

Authors

P H Schoof¹, M G Hazekamp, H A Huysmans

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Leiden, Netherlands.

PMID: 8619672
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)00955-8

Abstract

Pulmonary autograft aortic root replacement in a child with the ventricular septal defect-aortic insufficiency complex is described. It offers all the advantages of the autograft, avoids closure of the ventricular septal defect, and prevents the use of prosthetic material.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
Child
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery*
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Artery / transplantation*