Improved Pulmonary Artery Geometry After a Norwood Procedure by Using a Venaflo II Graft as an RV–MPA Conduit Chung-Dann Kan, MD, Hsuan-yin Wu, MD, Jieh-Neng Wang, MD, Jing-Ming Wu, MD, Yu-Jen Yang, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 88, Issue 2, Pages 690-691 (August 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.11.071 Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) The cobra-head cuff of the Venaflo II graft (Bard, Tempe, AZ). (B) The anastomosed Venaflo II graft (Bard) was located just below the neoaorta. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 88, 690-691DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.11.071) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 (A) The follow-up angiography revealed a good pulmonary artery (PA) configuration. (B) A coronal view of the neoaorta at the PA level. The reconstructed PA stump with the cobra-head cuff of the graft avoids potential compression effects by the neoaorta. (AsAo = ascending aorta; Neo Ao = neoaorta; PA = pulmonary artery; PDA = patent ductus arteriosus; RV-MPA = right ventricle to main pulmonary artery.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 88, 690-691DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.11.071) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions