title: Bovine pericardium for correction of congenital heart defects.
abstract: From July, 1980, until January, 1985, preserved bovine pericardium was utilized in the repair of a wide variety of congenital heart defects in 105 patients. Ages ranged from newborn to 56 years (mean, 9.6 years). Eighty-three of the 87 long-term survivors are in New York Heart Association Functional Class I or II. Bovine pericardium was not a contributing factor in the 12 hospital and 6 late deaths. The material was found to be flexible and easy to suture. No patient has demonstrated calcification of the patch in follow-up ranging from 6 to 60 months (mean, 30.2 months). Preserved bovine pericardium offers several potential advantages in the correction of congenital intracardiac defects.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*