1. The Contegra conduit: Late outcomes in right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction
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Jacques G. LeBlanc, Derek G. Human, Steve Co, Anthony A Holmes, and Andrew Campbell
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lcsh:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,medicine.medical_specialty ,pulmonary ,lcsh:Medicine ,Persistent truncus arteriosus ,Early death ,Electrical conduit ,Internal medicine ,Contegra ,medicine ,Ventricular outflow tract ,cardiovascular diseases ,Survival rate ,Right ventricle outflow tract ,reintervention ,business.industry ,lcsh:R ,lcsh:RJ1-570 ,lcsh:Pediatrics ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Stenosis ,risk factor ,lcsh:RC666-701 ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,outcome ,cardiovascular system ,Cardiology ,Original Article ,Implant ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Abstract
Objectives: To report the clinical outcomes (early death, late death, and rate of reintervention) and performance of the Contegra conduit as a right ventricle outflow tract implant and to determine the risk factors for early reintervention. Methods: Forty-nine Contegra conduits were implanted between January 2002 and June 2009. Data collection was retrospective. The mean age and follow-up duration of Contegra recipients was 3.5 ± 4.6 years and 4.2 ± 2.0 years, respectively. Results: There were three deaths (two early, one late), giving a survival rate of 93.9%. The rate of conduit-related reintervention was 19.6% and was most often due to distal conduit stenosis. Age at implantation of 22 mm) remains the first choice of implant in older children. The rates of reintervention are significantly higher with a diagnosis of truncus arteriosus, age at implantation of
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- 2012