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Hand‐Made Valved Conduit with High‐Porosity Knitted Graft and Glutaraldehyde‐Treated Autologous Pericardial Trileaflet Valve
Author(s) -
Matsuda Hikaru,
Kawata Hiroaki,
Miyamoto Katsuhiko,
Tokuan Yosihisa,
Kasai Yumiko,
Kobayashi Jyunjiro,
Matsuki Osamu,
Kawashima Yasunaru
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
artificial organs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.684
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1525-1594
pISSN - 0160-564X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1990.tb02988.x
Subject(s) - electrical conduit , medicine , pericardium , surgery , fibrin glue , glutaraldehyde , ross procedure , ventricle , stenosis , cardiology , aortic valve replacement , mechanical engineering , pathology , engineering
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.