This report describes the uses of a large Eustachian valve as a cardiovascular patch.
In one patient, the large Eustachian valve was used to close an atrial septal defect
and in another patient it was used to create a tunnel during the lateral tunnel Fontan
operation.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
August 28,
2008
Received in revised form:
August 25,
2008
Received:
April 10,
2008
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© 2008 Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
