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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-2-24
pubmed:abstractText
From Aug. 13, 1975, through May, 1976, nine patients underwent creation of a left ventricular "vent" for relief of severe left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. A Dacron fabric graft containing a heterograft valve was used to establish a conduit from the left ventricle to the abdominal aorta. There were five male and four female patients in this group; their ages ranged from 4 to 72 years. All had valvular, subvalvular, or supravalvular aortic stenosis, and all but two had undergone previous surgical procedures for relief of the stenosis. All patients survived the operation and none are receiving anticoagulant therapy. All are asymptomatic at present and follow-up is approaching one year. Postoperative cardiac catheterization studies revealed gradients across the aortic valve to be reduced by approximately 90% and mean ventricular systolic pressures by 45%. Although this concept is not new, it has not been used widely and we believe its effectiveness warrants further application.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0039-6060
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
80
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
674-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Surgical treatment of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction with apicoaortic valved conduit.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article