| Ten year experience with pulmonary allografts in children. | |
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PMID: 7582146 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Infants who have undergone pulmonary valve allograft reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract experience an increased incidence of allograft fibrocalcification and valvar insufficiency compared to older allograft recipients. Since April 1985, 186 cryopreserved pulmonary valve allografts have been used for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction in pediatric patients at The Children's Hospital and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. One hundred and forty-six patients were one to 18.4 years of age (mean age: 5.0 years) and 40 children were younger than one year of age at operation (mean age: 4.4 months). In the older patient group, there were 15 hospital deaths (10%) and one child with dilated cardiomyopathy and cardiac failure underwent cardiac transplantation two days postoperatively. One hundred and thirty operative survivors have been followed clinically for a mean of 4.6 years. One child was lost to follow up and one patient with myocardial dysfunction required cardiac transplant 3.8 years postoperatively. There have been five late deaths (4%), one of which resulted from accidental trauma. Five children (4%) have undergone reoperation to replace their valve allograft at 1.3 to 9.8 years after the initial allograft procedure. In the infant group, there were nine hospital deaths (23%). During follow up averaging 3.0 years, there have been nine late deaths (29%) and five children (16%) have undergone valve allograft explant 2.0 months to 3.5 years following implantation. Allografts are technically desirable in small children for whom surgical repair alternatives are limited.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS) |
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Authors:
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D R Clarke; D A Bishop |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Journal of heart valve disease Volume: 4 ISSN: 0966-8519 ISO Abbreviation: J. Heart Valve Dis. Publication Date: 1995 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1995-12-07 Completed Date: 1995-12-07 Revised Date: 2006-05-04 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9312096 Medline TA: J Heart Valve Dis Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 384-91 Citation Subset: IM |
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Children's Hospital, Denver, CO 80218, USA. |
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Adolescent Age Factors Calcinosis / etiology Child Child, Preschool Colorado / epidemiology Cryopreservation Female Follow-Up Studies Graft Survival Heart Transplantation Heart Valve Diseases / etiology Hospital Mortality Humans Incidence Infant Male Postoperative Complications / epidemiology Pulmonary Valve / surgery, transplantation* Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / etiology Reoperation Survival Rate Tissue Preservation Transplantation, Homologous |
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