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Valve-containing Conduits

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Abstract

Tubular conduits (Colour Plate U) containing valvular prostheses have been used as pulmonary artery and valve substitutes in complex congenital heart disease. In patients with transposition of the great arteries undergoing surgical correction, the finding of pulmonary obstruction too severe to be eliminated by excision is an indication for a Rastelli operation1. In this procedure the left ventricular flow is diverted via an intraventricular conduit through the ventricular septal defect into the aorta. The pulmonary artery is divided and the proximal (cardiac) stump is ligated. An extracardiac valved conduit restores continuity between the right ventricle and the distal pulmonary artery.

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  1. Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

    Alan G. Rose MBChB, MD, M.Med (Path), MRCPath, FACC (Senior Specialist, Associate Professor of Pathology)

  2. University of Cape Town Medical School, Cape Town, South Africa

    Alan G. Rose MBChB, MD, M.Med (Path), MRCPath, FACC (Senior Specialist, Associate Professor of Pathology)

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Rose, A.G. (1987). Valve-containing Conduits. In: Pathology of Heart Valve Replacement. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3227-2_9

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