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Pericardial Neo‐Aorta to Bridge Long Segment Defects after Infected Aortic Reconstructions
Author(s) -
Rahman I.A.,
Angelini G.D.,
Hamilton M.,
Bryan A.J.
Publication year - 2013
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/jocs.12077
Subject(s) - medicine , aorta , cardiology , bridge (graph theory) , radiology
Aortic prosthetic graft infection is a rare, potentially fatal complication. Surgical explantation of the infected native and prosthetic material with sufficient debridement has sometimes been limited by the lack of a suitable conduit to bridge the residual long segment defect. We describe the implantation of a bovine pericardial fashioned neo‐aorta to manage this problem. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12077 (J Card Surg 2013;28:295–297)