Clinical Experience with Glutaraldehyde-preserved Heterologous Pericardium for the Closure of the Pericardium after Open Heart Surgery

J. I. Gallo; E. Artiñano; C. M. G. Duran

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1022413

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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1982; 30(5): 306-309
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1022413

Clinical Experience with Glutaraldehyde-preserved Heterologous Pericardium for the Closure of the Pericardium after Open Heart Surgery

J. I. Gallo¹ , E. Artiñano² , C. M. G. Duran¹

¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
²Department of Pathology, Centro Médico Nacional Valdecilla, Santander, Spain

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1982

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19 March 2008 (online)

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Summary

A limited series of 58 patients had their pericardial cavity closed with a patch of heterologous glutaraldehyde-preserved pericardium. No patients have been lost to follow-up, which extends between 3 hours and 50 months with a mean of 21 months. No problems related to the patch have been detected. Nine specimens have been available for macroscopic examination and 5 for microscopic study with a maximum postimplant time of 6 months. The patch maintained its initial structure, remained acellular and offered a retrosternal and intrapericardial plane of cleavage.

Key words

Open heart surgery - Heterologous glutaraldehyde-preserved pericardium - Pericardial substitute