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Yamazaki S, Kowatari R, Yano T, Sasaki H, Daitoku K, Minakawa M. Evaluating the efficacy of the punch-out technique in systemic-to-pulmonary shunts: A computational fluid dynamics approach. Biomed Mater Eng 2024:BME240022. [PMID: 39121112 DOI: 10.3233/bme-240022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/11/2024]
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BACKGROUND Systemic-to-pulmonary shunt is a palliative procedure used to decrease pulmonary blood flow in congenital heart diseases. Shunt stenosis or occlusion has been reported to be associated with mortality; therefore, the management of thrombotic complications remains a challenge for most congenital cardiovascular surgeons. Despite its importance, the optimal method for shunt anastomosis remains unclear. OBJECTIVE The study investigates the clinical benefits of the punch-out technique over conventional methods in the anastomosis process of Systemic-to-pulmonary shunt, focusing on its potential to reduce shunt-related complications. METHODS Anastomotic models were created by two different surgeons employing both traditional slit and innovative punch-out techniques. Computational tomography was performed to construct three-dimensional models for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. We assessed the flow pattern, helicity, magnitude of wall shear stress, and its gradient. RESULTS The anastomotic flow area was larger in the model using the punch-out technique than in the slit model. In CFD simulation, we found that using the punch-out technique decreases the likelihood of establishing a high wall shear stress distribution around the anastomosis line in the model. CONCLUSION The punch-out technique emerges as a promising method in SPS anastomosis, offering a reproducible and less skill-dependent alternative that potentially diminishes the risk of shunt occlusion, thereby enhancing patient outcomes.
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- Shiho Yamazaki
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan
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Nakano T, Kaneda H, Murakawa T. Stagnating blood flow related to thrombus formation in pulmonary vein stump after left upper lobectomy. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2023; 71:648-656. [PMID: 36939983 PMCID: PMC10587221 DOI: 10.1007/s11748-023-01926-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 03/21/2023]
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OBJECTIVES A thrombus can occur in the stump of the pulmonary vein after left upper lobectomy, potentially causing postoperative cerebral infarction. This study aimed to verify the hypothesis that stagnation of blood flow inside the pulmonary vein stump causes thrombus formation. METHODS The three-dimensional geometry of the pulmonary vein stump after left upper lobectomy was recreated using contrast-enhanced computed tomography. Blood flow velocity and wall shear stress (WSS) inside the pulmonary vein stump were analysed using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method and compared between the two groups (those with or without thrombus). RESULTS The volumes of average flow velocity per heartbeat < 10 mm/s, 3 mm/s, 1 mm/s (p-values 0.0096, 0.0016, 0.0014, respectively) and the volumes where flow velocity was always below the three cut-off values (p-values 0.019, 0.015, 0.017, respectively) were significantly larger in patients with a thrombus than in those without thrombus. The areas of average WSS per heartbeat < 0.1 Pa, 0.03 Pa, 0.01 Pa (p-values 0.0002, < 0.0001, 0.0002, respectively), and the areas where WSS was always below the three cut-off values (p-values 0.0088, 0.0041, 0.0014, respectively) were significantly larger in patients with thrombus than in those without thrombus. CONCLUSIONS The area of blood flow stagnation in the stump calculated by CFD method was significantly larger in patients with than in those without thrombus. This result elucidates that stagnation of blood flow promotes thrombus formation in the pulmonary vein stump in patients who undergo left upper lobectomy.
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- Takahito Nakano
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shin-Machi, Hirakata, Osaka, 573-1010, Japan.
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shin-Machi, Hirakata, Osaka, 573-1010, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kansai Medical University, 2-5-1 Shin-Machi, Hirakata, Osaka, 573-1010, Japan
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Biological Scaffolds for Congenital Heart Disease. BIOENGINEERING (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 10:bioengineering10010057. [PMID: 36671629 PMCID: PMC9854830 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering10010057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most predominant birth defect and can require several invasive surgeries throughout childhood. The absence of materials with growth and remodelling potential is a limitation of currently used prosthetics in cardiovascular surgery, as well as their susceptibility to calcification. The field of tissue engineering has emerged as a regenerative medicine approach aiming to develop durable scaffolds possessing the ability to grow and remodel upon implantation into the defective hearts of babies and children with CHD. Though tissue engineering has produced several synthetic scaffolds, most of them failed to be successfully translated in this life-endangering clinical scenario, and currently, biological scaffolds are the most extensively used. This review aims to thoroughly summarise the existing biological scaffolds for the treatment of paediatric CHD, categorised as homografts and xenografts, and present the preclinical and clinical studies. Fixation as well as techniques of decellularisation will be reported, highlighting the importance of these approaches for the successful implantation of biological scaffolds that avoid prosthetic rejection. Additionally, cardiac scaffolds for paediatric CHD can be implanted as acellular prostheses, or recellularised before implantation, and cellularisation techniques will be extensively discussed.
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Itatani K, Sekine T, Yamagishi M, Maeda Y, Higashitani N, Miyazaki S, Matsuda J, Takehara Y. Hemodynamic Parameters for Cardiovascular System in 4D Flow MRI: Mathematical Definition and Clinical Applications. Magn Reson Med Sci 2022; 21:380-399. [PMID: 35173116 DOI: 10.2463/mrms.rev.2021-0097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Blood flow imaging becomes an emerging trend in cardiology with the recent progress in computer technology. It not only visualizes colorful flow velocity streamlines but also quantifies the mechanical stress on cardiovascular structures; thus, it can provide the detailed inspections of the pathophysiology of diseases and predict the prognosis of cardiovascular functions. Clinical applications include the comprehensive assessment of hemodynamics and cardiac functions in echocardiography vector flow mapping (VFM), 4D flow MRI, and surgical planning as a simulation medicine in computational fluid dynamics (CFD).For evaluation of the hemodynamics, novel mathematically derived parameters obtained using measured velocity distributions are essential. Among them, the traditional and typical parameters are wall shear stress (WSS) and its related parameters. These parameters indicate the mechanical damages to endothelial cells, resulting in degenerative intimal change in vascular diseases. Apart from WSS, there are abundant parameters that describe the strength of the vortical and/or helical flow patterns. For instance, vorticity, enstrophy, and circulation indicate the rotating flow strength or power of 2D vortical flows. In addition, helicity, which is defined as the cross-linking number of the vortex filaments, indicates the 3D helical flow strength and adequately describes the turbulent flow in the aortic root in cases with complicated anatomies. For the description of turbulence caused by the diseased flow, there exist two types of parameters based on completely different concepts, namely: energy loss (EL) and turbulent kinetic energy (TKE). EL is the dissipated energy with blood viscosity and evaluates the cardiac workload related to the prognosis of heart failure. TKE describes the fluctuation in kinetic energy during turbulence, which describes the severity of the diseases that cause jet flow. These parameters are based on intuitive and clear physiological concepts, and are suitable for in vivo flow measurements using inner velocity profiles.
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- Keiichi Itatani
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka City University.,Cardio Flow Design Inc
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- Department of Radiology, Nippon Medical School Musashi Kosugi Hospital
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Cardio Flow Design Inc.,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nippon Medical School
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- Department of Fundamental Development for Advanced Low Invasive Diagnostic Imaging, Nagoya university Graduate School of Medicine
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Hohri Y, Numata S, Itatani K, Kanda K, Yamazaki S, Inoue T, Yaku H. Prediction for future occurrence of type A aortic dissection using computational fluid dynamics. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2021; 60:384-391. [PMID: 33619516 DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezab094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 12/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES The actual underlying mechanisms of acute type A aortic dissection (AAAD) are not well understood. The present study aimed to elucidate the mechanism of AAAD using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. METHODS We performed CFD analysis using patient-specific computed tomography imaging in 3 healthy control cases and 3 patients with AAAD. From computed tomography images, we made a healthy control model or pre-dissection model for CFD analysis. Pulsatile cardiac flow during one cardiac cycle was simulated, and a three-dimensional flow streamline was visualized to evaluate flow velocity, wall shear stress and oscillatory shear index (OSI). RESULTS In healthy controls, the transvalvular aortic flow was parallel to the ascending aorta. There was no spotty high OSI area at the ascending aorta. In pre-dissection patients, accelerated transvalvular aortic flow was towards the posterolateral ascending aorta. The vortex flow was observed on the side of the lesser curvature in mid-systole and expanded throughout the entire ascending aorta during diastole. Systolic wall shear stress was high due to the accelerated aortic blood flow on the side of the greater curvature of the ascending aorta. On the side of the lesser curvature, high OSI areas were observed around the vortex flow. In all pre-dissection cases, a spotty high OSI area was in close proximity to the actual primary entry site of the future AAAD. CONCLUSIONS The pre-onset high OSI area with vortex flow is closely associated with the future primary entry site. Therefore, we can elucidate the mechanism of AAAD with CFD analysis.
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- Yu Hohri
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Computational Analysis of the Pulmonary Arteries in Congenital Heart Disease: A Review of the Methods and Results. COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE 2021; 2021:2618625. [PMID: 33868449 PMCID: PMC8035004 DOI: 10.1155/2021/2618625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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With the help of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), hemodynamics of the pulmonary arteries (PA's) can be studied in detail and varying physiological circumstances and treatment options can be simulated. This offers the opportunity to improve the diagnostics and treatment of PA stenosis in biventricular congenital heart disease (CHD). The aim of this review was to evaluate the methods of computational studies for PA's in biventricular CHD and the level of validation of the numerical outcomes. A total of 34 original research papers were selected. The literature showed a great variety in the used methods for (re) construction of the geometry as well as definition of the boundary conditions and numerical setup. There were 10 different methods identified to define inlet boundary conditions and 17 for outlet boundary conditions. A total of nine papers verified their CFD outcomes by comparing results to clinical data or by an experimental mock loop. The diversity in used methods and the low level of validation of the outcomes result in uncertainties regarding the reliability of numerical studies. This limits the current clinical utility of CFD for the study of PA flow in CHD. Standardization and validation of the methods are therefore recommended.
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Fujita S, Yamagishi M, Yaku H. Reply to Briceno-Medina and Kumar. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2020; 59:ezaa280. [PMID: 32864686 DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2020] [Accepted: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Shuhei Fujita
- Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Asada S, Yamagishi M, Itatani K, Maeda Y, Taniguchi S, Fujita S, Hongu H, Yaku H. Early outcomes and computational fluid dynamic analyses of chimney reconstruction in the Norwood procedure†. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2019; 29:252–259. [PMID: 30879071 DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivz040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2018] [Revised: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The ideal configuration of a reconstructed aortic arch in the Norwood procedure for hypoplastic left heart syndrome is still a matter of debate. Chimney reconstruction was developed to avoid postoperative complications and turbulent flow in the aortic arch. This study sought to clarify early outcomes of the procedure and verify its haemodynamic advantages using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). METHODS Fourteen consecutive patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome or a variant who underwent chimney reconstruction in the Norwood procedure between January 2013 and March 2018 were enrolled. Median age and body weight at the time of operation were 2.5 months and 4.1 kg, respectively. Thirteen patients (93.9%) had been palliated with previous bilateral pulmonary artery (PA) banding. In addition, patient-specific CFD models of neoarches based on postoperative computed tomograms from 6 patients were created and the flow profiles analysed. RESULTS Survival rates at 1, 3 and 5 years were 76.6%, 67.3% and 67.3%, respectively. No patient developed left PA compression by neoaorta, neoaortic dilation or neoaortic insufficiency. Only 2 patients (14.3%) required surgical intervention for recoarctation. Fontan completion was performed on 5 patients. On CFD analysis, all reconstructed aortic arches showed low energy loss (9.16-14.4 mW/m2) and low wall shear stresses. CONCLUSIONS Chimney reconstruction was a feasible technique when homografts were not readily available. CFD analyses underscored the fact that this technique produced excellent flow profiles. Larger studies should be conducted to clarify long-term outcomes.
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- Satoshi Asada
- Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Medical Center, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Zhang H, Ye M, Chen G, Jia B. 0.1 mm ePTFE versus autologous pericardium for hand-sewn trileaflet valved conduit: a comparative study. J Artif Organs 2019; 22:207-213. [PMID: 31154552 PMCID: PMC6685934 DOI: 10.1007/s10047-019-01107-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A hand-sewn trileaflet valved conduit is reportedly better than a bovine jugular graft. However, the comparative efficacy and safety between 0.1 mm ePTFE and autologous pericardium in this surgical procedure remained undetermined. This single-center cohort study included 46 patients aged 3–146 months who received implanted simplified hand-sewn trileaflet valved conduits: 31 patients (Group A) received 0.1 mm ePTFE valved conduits and 15 patients (Group B) received autologous pericardium valved conduits. Perioperative and follow-up outcomes up to 3 years after the surgeries were evaluated. No perioperative complications or early mortality were observed in either group, while one Group A patient aged 46 months died 6 months after surgery due to residual ventricular septal defect. No patients in Group A developed severe regurgitation or stenosis in valves of the conduits, but two moderate stenosis by echocardiography, and seven patients in group B were deemed to be conduit dysfunction (two stenosis, three stenosis plus regurgitation, and the remaining two regurgitation). No conduits failure was detected in group A, while two patients in group B (one for severe stenosis and the other one for severe regurgitation). After 6, 12, and 36 months, 95.2%, 88.9%, and 88.9% of Group A patients and 92.3%, 68.4%, and 42.7% of Group B patients were free from valved conduit dysfunction. After the same follow-up periods, all Group A patients had no conduit failure and 92.3%, 80.8%, and 80.8% of Group B patients were free from valved conduit failure. Within the 3-year follow-up period, 0.1 mm ePTFE novel simplified hand-sewn trileaflet valved conduits appear to be associated with a lower incidence of graft failure than autologous pericardium valved conduits.
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- Huifeng Zhang
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 201102, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 201102, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 201102, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 201102, China. .,Cardiovascular Center, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, 399 Wanyuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, China.
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