Aortocoronary endothelial cell-seeded polytetrafluoroethylene graft: 9-year patency

Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Mar;83(3):1166-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.09.016.

Abstract

We report a 71-year old man with coronary artery disease. Complete coronary revascularization was not possible with autologous grafts; therefore, a 4-mm expanded polytetrafluoroethylene graft was implanted that had been seeded preoperatively with autologous vascular endothelial cells. At 9-year follow-up, the patient is asymptomatic and shows a patent graft.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aorta
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Artery Disease / physiopathology
  • Coronary Artery Disease / surgery*
  • Coronary Vessels
  • Endothelial Cells / transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene*
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Time Factors
  • Transplantation, Autologous
  • Vascular Patency*

Substances

  • Polytetrafluoroethylene