Diepoxy- Versus Glutaraldehyde-Treated Xenografts: Outcomes of Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction in Children.
Nataliya R NichayIrina Y ZhuravlevaYuriy Y KulyabinAlexey V ZubritskiyAlexey V VoitovIlia A SoynovArtem V GorbatykhAlexander V Bogachev-ProkophievAlexander M KaraskovPublished in: World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery (2020)
Diepoxy-treated bovine pericardial valved conduit is a suitable alternative to GA-PVC for RVOT reconstruction in pediatric patients. Diepoxy-treated bovine pericardial valved conduits may be less prone to conduit failure and more resistant to neointimal proliferation and conduit thrombosis than GA-PVCs.