Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: This study by Kim et al . (1) addresses an important and frequent issue in pediatric cardiac surgery, which is the management of postoperative pulmonary artery (PA) branches stenoses. Different options are currently available to treat a PA branch stenosis, including a conventional surgical plasty using (or not) a biological patch (autologous pericardium, human cryopreserved pericardium, bovine or equine pericardium, or decellularized porcine intestinal submucosa extracellular matrix) or a synthetic patch (polytetrafluoroethylene, terephtalate, ...), percutaneous procedures (balloon dilation, stent placement, cutting balloon dilation, ...) and hybrid procedures.
Source: Translational Pediatrics
Author: David Kalfa
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2529823209