OBJECTIVE: We evaluate early results of @entity291 jugular vein conduits in the pulmonary outflow. METHODS: Between April 2000 and September 2001, 31 conduits were placed in the outflow of the right ventricle. @entity1 who received a conduit as a staged surgical procedure were excluded (n = 3). Implantation age ranged from 0 to 21 years (median, 3.4 years). Conduit diameter ranged from 12 to 20 mm (median, 14 mm). Transthoracic echocardiography was performed at discharge and 3 months after surgery. @entity1 with significant @entity338 and/or @entity850 underwent cardiac catheterization. RESULTS: Four @entity1 died during the follow-up period. Three @entity204 were unrelated to the conduit. One @entity204 was related to the complete @entity715 of the conduit. At 3 months evaluation, @entity338 was absent or trivial in 19, mild in 2 and severe in 3 of 24 survivors. Four @entity1 had nonfatal conduit-related complications. A transient @entity715 formation within 1 leaflet was noted postoperatively in a @entity1 with a moderate @entity338 . Three @entity1 required reoperation 3 to 5.8 months after the implantation for conduit failure (mean, 4.3 months). Cardiac catheterization before replacement revealed an aneurysmal dilation of the conduit below a severe @entity850 of the pulmonary bifurcation due to important neointimal proliferation. CONCLUSIONS: Early failure of @entity291 jugular vein valved conduits can occur because of exaggerated intimal proliferation or @entity715 process within the conduit. Because of these complications, close echocardiographic follow-up is mandatory during the first weeks after implantation.

Use of XXXX jugular vein to reconstruct the right ventricular outflow tract: early results.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity338 :: ('MESH:D011665', 'Disease') :: ['pulmonary regurgitation', 'pulmonary valve regurgitation'] @entity715 :: ('MESH:D013927', 'Disease') :: ['thrombus', 'thrombosis', 'thrombotic'] @entity850 :: ('MESH:D003251', 'Disease') :: ['stenosis'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death', 'deaths'] @entity291 :: ('9913', 'Species') :: ['bovine']
@entity291 :: (9913,Species) :: ['bovine']
