Abstract:This study demonstrates the capability of over expanding the nominal diameter of stretch Gor-Tex TM (PTFE) tubular vascular grafts used for systemic to pulmonary shunts in infants. Until this article, most interest and published work on re-expansion of thin walled GorTex TM in the congenital population concerned large stents covered with Gor-Tex TM in the setting of larger vessels (aorta or ''Fontan'' channels) and the ability to expand these covered stents to an even larger diameter after several or more year… Show more
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