title: Hand-made valved conduit with high-porosity knitted graft and glutaraldehyde-treated autologous pericardial trileaflet valve.
abstract: 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.
authors: First Department of Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Matsuda
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Kawata
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Miyamoto
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Tokuan
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Kasai
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Kobayashi
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Matsuki
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Kawashima
mesh_terms: D001705:Bioprosthesis; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002648:Child; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010496:Pericardium; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011474:Prosthesis Design
chemical_list: D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates