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Pulmonary Homograft

Pulmonary Allograft · Cryopreserved Pulmonary Valve · Human cadaver valve · CryoValve SG · CardioGraft

A donor human pulmonary valve and main pulmonary arteryPUL-muh-nair-ee AR-ter-eeThe large blood vessel that carries blood low in oxygen from the right side of the heart to the lungs.Full entry , often with the start of both branch arteries, processed by a tissue bank. It arrives frozen in a sealed storage pouch and looks like a short, pale tube of tissue that forks at the top.

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  • What it’s for

    Donor tissue used to rebuild the heart's outflowOWT-flohThe flow of a fluid out of an organ, space or vessel.Full entry and great vessels. In the Norwood procedure the surgeon cuts a patch from it to enlarge the aortic arch and ascending aorta. It is also used as a valved conduit from the right ventriclerite VEN-trih-kulThe lower right chamber of the heart, which pumps blood to the lungs.Full entry to the pulmonary arteryPUL-muh-nair-ee AR-ter-eeThe large blood vessel that carries blood low in oxygen from the right side of the heart to the lungs.Full entry and for pulmonary artery patches.

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    What techs who reach for it every day know about it.Pro

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  1. Khonsari S. Cardiac Surgery: Safeguards and Pitfalls in Operative Technique. Chapter 30 (Norwood procedure), pdf p. 357
  2. Mavroudis C. Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. 4th ed. pdf p. 205
  3. Cohn LH. Cardiac Surgery in the Adult. 3rd ed. Part IVa (Valvular Heart Disease, Aortic), pdf pp. 925-926
  4. Rothrock JC. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 17th ed. Chapter 25 (Cardiac Surgery), p. 934
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