SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT WITH PULMONARY ATRESIA USING A PULMONARY HOMOGRAFT

A 13-year-old boy with tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary atresia after a Waterston and Blalock-Taussig shunt underwent successful repair usi ng a cryopreserved pulmonary homograft as a valved extracardiac condui t. Aortic transection gave a good operative field for pulmonary angiop lasty and closure of the Waterston anastomosis. The cryopreserved pulm onary homograft provided excellent handling characteristics. The posto perative course was good, and postoperative echocardiography showed go od function of the valved conduit.