Reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract with bovine pericardial monocusp patch.

From November 1980 to May 1982, 19 patients underwent surgery in this institution for right ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Surgery was performed by placing a bovine pericardial monocusp patch across the pulmonary annulus. There was one hospital death (5.

Primary aortitis in childhood.

The case of a 5-year-old boy affected by autoimmune aortitis is reported. The onset was acute, the progression rapid. Hypertension, absence of right radial pulse, elevated ESRand immune globulin levels, cellular and humoral immunity against blood vessel wall were observed.

Chronic constrictive pericarditis in children - etiology, clinical picture and treatment. A report of 20 cases.

Twenty children with constrictive pericarditis are reported on. Tuberculous etiology was established in five, could not be excluded in 7, while the etiology could not be identified in 8 cases. The main symptoms were venous congestion involving the pulmonary and systemic circulation (hepatomegaly, pulmonary congestion), pericardial click at the apex, abnormalities of repolarization in the ECG.