20-year follow-up and comparison of homografts with bovine jugular vein conduits in children less than 2 years of age.

Objectives:  Repair of congenital heart defects involving right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) may require pulmonary valve replacement at time of primary repair or reoperation. This study compares the outcomes of cryopreserved homografts with bovine jugular vein conduits (BJVC) in children < 2 years of age with RVOT reconstruction.

Methods:  Retrospective, single-center review of 70 conduits implanted in 63 patients undergoing right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery reconstruction with valved conduit from 2002 to 2022.

20-Year follow-up and comparison of valved conduits used for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction: single-centre, propensity score match analysis.

Objectives: Surgical repair of complex congenital heart defects with hypoplasia or atresia of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) may require pulmonary valve implantation or replacement during the primary repair or reoperation. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the outcomes of cryopreserved homografts, bovine jugular vein conduits and decellularized Matrix P Plus N conduits in patients undergoing RVOT reconstruction at a single centre.

Methods: Retrospective, single-centre review of 173 patients with 199 conduits undergoing right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery reconstruction with valved conduit from 2002 to 2022.

Treatment of Post-Coarctectomy Hypertension With Labetalol-A 9-Year Single-Center Experience.

Background: Although considering the pathophysiology of post-coarctectomy hypertension, β-blockers should be effective, experience with labetalol for treatment is limited in the literature.

Methods: Retrospective collection and analysis of data in children aged ≤6 years following coarctectomy in our tertiary care university medical center between January 2009 and June 2018.

Results: 96 patients were included, 45 were treated with intravenous labetalol and 51 received no treatment.

Left heart growth and biventricular repair after hybrid palliation.

Objectives: We evaluated the outcomes of biventricular repair after initial hybrid palliation performed in small infants with various forms of left ventricle hypoplasia.

Methods: Between September 2010 and January 2020, a total of 27 patients had biventricular repair after hybrid palliation at a median age of 11 days. Indications for the hybrid approach included growth promotion of the left ventricle outflow tract and/or the aortic valve in 14 patients and that of the left ventricle in 13 patients.