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Interposition Technique for Pulmonary Valve Replacement.
BACKGROUND: Stented bioprosthesis implant at surgical pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) ideally should be 25 to 27 mm to facilitate future percutaneous PVR. This often requires accommodating 35 to 37 mm diameter sewing ring in the pulmonary position and requires anterior patch augmentation of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT). We present a novel "interposition" technique of PVR that allows upsizing the valve without RVOT patch augmentation.
METHODS: Using standard cardiopulmonary bypass, the main pulmonary artery (MPA) is dissected and transected at an appropriate level. The remnants of pulmonary valve leaflets are excised. The valve stent posts are telescoped into distal MPA, the MPA continuity is restored by end-to-end anastomosis of the proximal and distal MPA, with the interposed prosthetic valve sewing ring in the suture line between the two edges of the MPA with the bulk of the sewing ring extravascular.
RESULT: A total of seven patients (tetralogy of Fallot, three; congenital pulmonary stenosis, four; age range: 15-33 years) underwent the procedure. No patient required RVOT patch augmentation, all patients were extubated in the operating room and were fast-tracked to recovery. Our proposed technique of PVR has the following advantages: accommodate larger size valve, eliminates risk of a paravalvar leak, coronary compression, and anterior tilting of the prosthesis.
CONCLUSION: The valve interposition technique avoids the need for RVOT patch, allows implantation of an adequate sized prosthetic valve, maintains native geometry of the pulmonary artery without the risk of tilting of the prosthesis, and eliminates the risk of paravalvular regurgitation and left coronary compression.
METHODS: Using standard cardiopulmonary bypass, the main pulmonary artery (MPA) is dissected and transected at an appropriate level. The remnants of pulmonary valve leaflets are excised. The valve stent posts are telescoped into distal MPA, the MPA continuity is restored by end-to-end anastomosis of the proximal and distal MPA, with the interposed prosthetic valve sewing ring in the suture line between the two edges of the MPA with the bulk of the sewing ring extravascular.
RESULT: A total of seven patients (tetralogy of Fallot, three; congenital pulmonary stenosis, four; age range: 15-33 years) underwent the procedure. No patient required RVOT patch augmentation, all patients were extubated in the operating room and were fast-tracked to recovery. Our proposed technique of PVR has the following advantages: accommodate larger size valve, eliminates risk of a paravalvar leak, coronary compression, and anterior tilting of the prosthesis.
CONCLUSION: The valve interposition technique avoids the need for RVOT patch, allows implantation of an adequate sized prosthetic valve, maintains native geometry of the pulmonary artery without the risk of tilting of the prosthesis, and eliminates the risk of paravalvular regurgitation and left coronary compression.
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