ArticleJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2021
Equine pericardium: a versatile alternative reconstructive material in congenital cardiac surgery.
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- Managing the Giant: A Novel Approach in Orthotopic Heart Transplantation With Extreme Left Atrial Enlargement.Clinical case reports · 2025Article
- Recent advances in pericardium extracellular matrix for tissue regeneration, along with a short insight into artificial intelligence.Frontiers in medical technology · 2025Review
- Comparison of Biomechanical and Microstructural Properties of Aortic Graft Materials in Aortic Repair Surgeries.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2024Article
- A High-biocompatibility Interface for the Breast Implant: First Report of a Novel Biological Matrix-assisted Technique in Aesthetic Revision Surgery.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- Grafts and Patches: Optimized but Not Optimal Materials for Congenital Heart Surgery.Pediatric cardiology · 2023Review
- Mid-term performance of decellularized equine pericardium in congenital heart surgery.Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2022Article
- ECM roles and biomechanics in cardiac tissue decellularization.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2022Review
- A New Detergent for the Effective Decellularization of Bovine and Porcine Pericardia.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Complex valve reconstruction in isolated tricuspid valve endocarditis.JTCVS techniques · 2021Article
- Commentary: Bespoke tricuspid tailoring-bringing patient-specific valve repair to the forgotten valve.JTCVS techniques · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundPericardial patches are often used for repair of congenital cardiac defects. The aim of this study was to describe our initial experience with the use of equine pericardium and its safety and advantages and disadvantages compared to bovine pericardium.
methodsWe designed a retrospective cohort study of 111 patients who were surgically treated for congenital heart disease between 2017 and 2020. Equine pericardium was used in 58 patients and bovine pericardium was used in 53 patients. Recorded variables included demographic data, preoperative cardiac pathology, site of patch insertion, morbidity and mortality.
resultsThe overall survival rate was 94.5% and no deaths were related to patch insertion. None of our patients were reoperated on for patch related complications. Postoperative transcatheter intervention was needed in 2 patients (1.8%): one for dilatation of aortic arch stenosis after repair of hypoplastic left heart syndrome with equine pericardium and one for dilatation of pulmonary artery branches after repair of tetralogy of Fallot using bovine pericardium.
conclusionsEquine pericardium is a safe patch material for reconstruction in congenital heart surgery. It may be preferable to bovine pericardium in cases requiring a complex shape or a pliable patch as in in arch reconstruction or for valve reconstruction.
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