Acute dissection of a Contegra conduit: a rare mechanism of failure.
The Contegra (Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, MN) bovine jugular vein conduit has been used with increasing frequency in congenital heart disease for the reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract. In this report, we describe a mechanism for conduit failure secondary to an acute dissection of the inner neointimal peel from the conduit wall.
Kavarana
Minoo N
MN
Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Section of Cardiac Surgery, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Dorfman
Adam L
AL
Agarwal
Prachi P
PP
Bove
Edward L
EL
D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000637:transplantation*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology