5-Year results from the prospective European multi-centre study on decellularized homografts for pulmonary valve replacement ESPOIR Trial and ESPOIR Registry data.
Dmitry BobylevAlexander HorkeDietmar BoethigMark HazekampBart MeynsFilip R RegaHitendu DaveMartin SchmiadyAnatol CiubotaruEduard CheptanaruVladimiro L VidaMassimo PadalinoVictor TsangRamadan JashariGuenther LauferMartin AndreasAlexandra AndreevaIgor TudoracheSerghei CebotariAxel HaverichSamir SarikouchPublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2022)
The 5-year data of the prospective ESPOIR Trial show excellent performance for DPH and low rates of adverse events. ESPOIR Registry data up to 15 years, including a matched comparison with CH, demonstrated statistically significant better freedom from explantation.