• Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Southern China Key Laboratory of Structural Heart Disease in Guangdong Province, Guangdong Province Cardiovascular Institution, Guangdong Province General Hospital, Guangzhou 510080, P. R. China;
ZHUANGJian, Email: zhuangjian5413@tom.com
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Objective To identify the pulmonary artery growth, restenosis and regurgitation of the valve after right ventricle outflow (RVOT) reconstruction with pericardial tube in patients with pulmonary atresia and ventricle septal defect (PA/VSD). Methods We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 41 patients with PA/VSD undergoing PA/VSD repair to reconstruct RVOT for radical or palliative repair in our hospital from November 2002 through September 2013. There were 25 males and 16 females with operation age of 4.00 months to 22.70 years (56.60±63.92 months). Late pulmonary artery growth, pulmonary artery, and tricuspid regurgitation of the patients were followed up. Pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect repair with pericardial tube were performed in the patients. Results There were 5 (12.19%) early hospital deaths. Thirty-three patients were followed up for 4.00 months to 10.75 years (3.00±2.35 years). Three patients (7.31%) were lost during the follow-up.One patient was dead after stageⅡsurgery. There was no significant growth on the diameters of the tube and the pulmonary artery branches during the follow-up. There were 10 patients with severe stenosis in pericardial tube and 5 patients with moderate or severe stenosis in pulmonary artery branches. The echocardiography suggested the pulmonary artery and tricuspid regurgitation were more serious (P<0.05). No correlation was found between regurgitation quantity and follow-up time. Conclusion The early postoperative results is satisfactory. However, there is no potential growth on the pericardial tube. So the patients should be followed up closely for restenosis.

Citation: YAN Xin-jian, ZHUANG Jian, LI Jia-ni, CHEN Ji-mei, CEN Jian-zheng, WEN Shu-sheng, XU Gang, ZHANG Hong-yu. Pulmonary Atresia and Ventricular Septal Defect Repair with Pericardial Tube: A Single Center Retrospective Follow-up Study. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2016, 23(10): 939-943. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.20160226 Copy

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