Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual 1999
of the Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Pericardial Leaflet Extension for Aortic Valve Repair: Techniques and Late Results

Philip C. Smith, Mary Jane Barth, and Michel N. Ilbawi

 A modified technique to repair aortic valve is described. The technique consists of tailored extension of the old valve leaflets with gluteraldehyde treated autologous pericardium. The technique has excellent intermediate results and is an alternative to valve replacement in pediatric patients.

Key words: Valvuloplasty, aortic valve, leaflet extension.

From the Heart Institute for Children, Hope Children's Hospital, and Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Address reprint requests to Michel N. Ilbawi, MD, The Heart Institute for Children, Hope Children's Hospital/Ground Floor, 4440 W 95th St, Oak Lawn, IL 60453.

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