J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.
ISSN 1880-1129

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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 80(11): 1277-1280, 1979

Report on the annual meeting

ABSENCE OF PULMONARY VALVE ASSOCIATED WITH TETRALOGY OF FALLOT: SUCCESSFUL CORRECTION WITH RIGHT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW RECONSTRUCTION USING AN EPTFE MEMBRANE AND INSERTION OF A HANCOCK A VALVE

Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Children's Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
*) Division of Pediatric Cardiology, National Children's Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Minoru Tsunemoto, Yoshinori Ota, Munehiro Shimada, Masayoshi Naganuma*), Katsuhiro Yoshitake*), Kazuyuki Koike*)

This is a case report of one of three cases with absence of pulmonary valve associated with Tetralogy of Fallot in our institution.
This 6 year-11 months old girl underwent total correction with insertion of a Hancock A valve (25 mm in diameter) and application of an EPTFE (expanded polytetrafluoroethylene) membrane patch for right ventricular outflow reconstruction.
The postoperative course and cardiac performance were quite satisfactory. We recommend the insertion of pulmonary valve for older children with this type of Tetralogy of Fallot.

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