title: Aortocoronary endothelial cell-seeded polytetrafluoroethylene graft: 9-year patency.
abstract: We report a 71-year old man with coronary artery disease. Complete coronary revascularization was not possible with autologous grafts; therefore, a 4-mm expanded polytetrafluoroethylene graft was implanted that had been seeded preoperatively with autologous vascular endothelial cells. At 9-year follow-up, the patient is asymptomatic and shows a patent graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Charité Hospital, Medical University Berlin, Germany. dgabbieri@yahoo.it
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gabbieri
authors.forename: Pascal M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Dohmen
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lembcke
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rutsch
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Konertz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D013997:Time Factors; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014654:Vascular Patency
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene