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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-7-23
pubmed:abstractText
The ideal prosthetic conduit for surgical repair of complex congenital heart disease has yet to be found. Twenty conduits were implanted between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery in growing sheep as follows: four Dacron porcine valve conduits (mean time in place, 142 days); four avalved glutaraldehyde-fixed bovine iliac veins (mean 132 days); and 12 glutaraldehyde-fixed bovine iliac veins containing a porcine valve (mean 180 days). Fifteen conduits were left in place from 167 to 244 days (mean 204 days), and five were explanted earlier (mean 54 days). Pathological study included gross, x-ray, histological, and ultrastructural investigation. Five conduits failed because of infective endocarditis. The valved Dacron conduits showed significant tissue ingrowth and calcification of the valve graft. The valved bovine iliac veins presented calcification at the valve level and vein wall, as well as a valvelike calcific fibrous ridge at the proximal anastomosis with the right ventricle. The avalved bovine iliac veins also presented calcific deposits along the wall and a valvelike calcific ridge at the ventricular anastomosis. Histological and ultrastructural studies of the vein tunica media revealed the phenomena of inflammatory rejection and foreign body reaction with loss of smooth muscle cells (medionecrosis) and fibrotic replacement. In conclusion, bovine iliac veins undergo inflammation with medionecrosis indicating that smooth muscle cell antigenicity is not attenuated by glutaraldehyde fixation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0886-0440
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
156-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Glutaraldehyde-fixed bovine iliac veins used as bioprosthetic conduits: an experimental animal study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, University of Padua, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article