Material and Methods
The single centre retrospective study included all 41 patients who
received a BPCTV in the RV to PA position between January 2014 to June
2019. Medical records were analysed for the demographic data, surgical
procedure, cardiopulmonary bypass parameters, ventilation duration,
ionotrope score, hospital stay and follow-up evaluation. These patients
were separated into two groups depending on the presence (PH group) or
absence (NPH group) of pulmonary hypertension. (Tabel 1& 2) The primary
endpoints were mortality and freedom from re-intervention for conduit
failure. The criteria for conduit failure were defined as more than
moderate regurgitation and/or peak gradient of more than 60 mmHg.