Complications associated with the use of heterologous bovine pericardium for pericardial closure.
Two complications necessitating removal of bovine pericardium used as a pericardial patch graft in 60 patients are reported. These complications, plus a few others reported in the literature, suggest that caution in the clinical use of bovine pericardium remains appropriate.
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous