Ishimaru Kazuhiko, Araki Kanta, Sakamoto Shigeru, Sawa Yoshiki
1 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan.
2 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2019 Mar;27(3):213-216. doi: 10.1177/0218492318798232. Epub 2018 Sep 24.
A 4-year-old girl with pulmonary regurgitation after complete repair of tetralogy of Fallot, underwent an alternative surgical repair for pulmonary valve replacement. Hand-sewn trileaflet valve reconstruction using expanded polytetrafluoroethylene membrane is a feasible method for pulmonary regurgitation in such a young child in whom a large-sized bioprosthetic valve cannot be implanted.
一名法洛四联症完全修复术后出现肺动脉反流的4岁女孩,接受了肺动脉瓣置换的替代性手术修复。对于无法植入大型生物瓣膜的幼儿,使用膨体聚四氟乙烯膜进行手工缝制三叶瓣膜重建是治疗肺动脉反流的一种可行方法。