Formation of a stenotic fibrotic membrane at the distal anastomosis of bovine jugular vein grafts (Contegra) after right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2004 Jan;127(1):285-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.08.031.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Anastomosis, Surgical / adverse effects
  • Angiography
  • Animals
  • Bioprosthesis
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Cohort Studies
  • Constriction, Pathologic / pathology
  • Female
  • Fibrosis / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Jugular Veins / transplantation
  • Male
  • Prognosis
  • Reoperation
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sheep
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / diagnosis
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / surgery*