Stentless xenografts as an alternative to pulmonary homografts in the Ross operation† | Zendy

Jawad Hechadi | Zendy; Bernhard Gerber | Zendy; Emmanuel Coche | Zendy; Julie Melchior | Zendy; Ramadan Jashari | Zendy; David Glineur | Zendy; Philippe Noirhomme | Zendy; Jean Rubay | Zendy; Gébrine El Khoury | Zendy; Laurent de Kerchove | Zendy

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Stentless xenografts as an alternative to pulmonary homografts in the Ross operation†

Author(s) -

Jawad Hechadi,

Bernhard Gerber,

Emmanuel Coche,

Julie Melchior,

Ramadan Jashari,

David Glineur,

Philippe Noirhomme,

Jean Rubay,

Gébrine El Khoury,

Laurent de Kerchove

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1093/ejcts/ezt147

Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine

Because of the limited availability of pulmonary homografts (PH), porcine stentless xenografts (SX) have been proposed as an alternative for pulmonary valve replacement in the Ross operation. However, it is unknown whether they have similar good long-term durability. Therefore, we compared mid- to long-term outcomes between those two right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) substitutes.

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