A Reinforced Cylinder Leads to Fewer Repeat Surgeries for Children Born with Heart Defect (IMAGE)

American Association for Thoracic Surgery

A Reinforced Cylinder Leads to Fewer Repeat Surgeries for Children Born with Heart Defect

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This image shows postero-anterior (left) and lateral angiograms (right) performed in a subject with a ring-reinforced Gore-Tex right ventricle to pulmonary artery Sano shunt. Here there is relative uniformity of the conduit caliber along its length with no narrowing.

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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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