We report long-term outcome after one-stage, surgical repair, in a two months-old girl with persistent truncus arteriosus type I, II. The operation was carried out the remodeling of right ventricle, using swine bicuspid pulmonary prosthesis. Twenty-six years later, patient is excellent clinical condition, CF I (NYHA), normal peripheral oxygen saturation. Recent invasive and not imaging show: ab...

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Fig. 1. (a) Oblique view from top of a self-expanding nitinol stent (length 28 mm, diameter 24 mm, Nitinol Devices & Components Inc., Fremont, CA, USA) containing a three leaflet polyurethane valve. Leaflets have a thickness of approximately 100—150 mm. The stent valves are produced in a dip coating technique (by Mecora GmbH, Aachen, Germany). (b) Low-profile polyurethane valved stent was folde...