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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Application of the CardioCel bovine pericardial patch – a preliminary report

Michał Sobieraj
,
Edyta Cudak
,
Wojciech Mrówczyński
,
Tomasz K. Nałęcz
,
Przemysław Westerski
,
Michał Wojtalik

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2016; 13 (3): 210-212
Online publish date: 2016/09/30
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Introduction: Animal pericardial patches are widely used in adult and pediatric cardiac surgery. A search is ongoing for a new material with optimal surgical properties that will reduce intraoperative bleeding and the occurrence of restenosis, calcification, and pseudoaneurysms in long-term observation. One product of interest is the CardioCel bovine pericardial patch.

Aim: Evaluation of the short-term results of CardioCel bovine pericardial patch implantation during pediatric cardiac surgery.

Material and methods: The study included 8 patients who underwent surgical correction of congenital cardiac defects between January 2015 and February 2016. Pericardial patches were used to repair supravalvular aortic stenosis and reconstruct the aortic arch and pulmonary arteries. The age of the patients ranged from 10 days to 14 years.

Results: There were no hospital deaths. The new material exhibited satisfactory durability and elasticity during surgery, facilitating optimal adaptation of the patch to the patient’s tissues. No significant bleeding was reported from the suture site. The median duration of follow-up was 58 days. During the follow-up, there were no symptoms of pseudoaneurysm formation, patch thickening, or calcification in the areas where the pericardial patches were implanted. No clinical or laboratory symptoms of infection were observed in locations where the new material was applied.

Conclusions: Satisfactory surgical properties of the patch were observed intraoperatively. Positive results using the new pericardial patch were obtained in short-term follow-up.
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pericardial patch, aortic arch, stenosis

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