Hand-made valved conduit with high-porosity knitted graft and glutaraldehyde-treated autologous pericardial trileaflet valve.
In 10 patients with various congenital heart defects requiring reconstruction of right ventricle to pulmonary artery continuity, a new hand-made valved conduit was introduced. To avoid late stenosis with peel formation of the graft, high-porosity Golaski knitted graft was chosen. The graft was sealed by fibrin glue, and autologous pericardium was treated with glutaraldehyde and used to construct a trileaflet valve inside the graft. This hand-made graft was pliable with good conformability. The valve function was found good in the intermediate follow-up in 8 patients. This composite valved conduit may be a good alternative to the xenograft valved conduit when allograft conduit is not available.
Matsuda
H
H
First Department of Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
Kawata
H
H
Miyamoto
K
K
Tokuan
Y
Y
Kasai
Y
Y
Kobayashi
J
J
Matsuki
O
O
Kawashima
Y
Y
D001705:Bioprosthesis; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002648:Child; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010496:Pericardium; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011474:Prosthesis Design
D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates