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Expanding the Utilization of Contegra for Ventricular Septal Defect Repair
Author(s) -
Baslaim Ghassan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00559.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology
Different patch materials have been utilized in repairing ventricular septal defect (VSD) with great success. In this report, in addition to the right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction, the VSD was repaired successfully in all cases by fashioning a patch from a segment of the Contegra xenograft conduit. The freedom from infection, thromboembolism, and reintervention during follow‐up, in addition to the advantage of ready availability and cost‐effectiveness offered by using the same bovine material, imply that Contegra xenograft is a promising alternative patch material for VSD repair.