Severe stenotic scar contracture of the Microvel Hemashield right-sided extracardiac conduit

G D Angelini; M Witsenburg; F J Ten Kate; P A Hiddema; J M Quaebebeur

doi:10.1016/0003-4975(89)90801-1

Severe stenotic scar contracture of the Microvel Hemashield right-sided extracardiac conduit

Ann Thorac Surg. 1989 Nov;48(5):714-6. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(89)90801-1.

Authors

G D Angelini¹, M Witsenburg, F J Ten Kate, P A Hiddema, J M Quaebebeur

Affiliation

¹ Cardiothoracic Department, Academic Hospital Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 2530942
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(89)90801-1

Abstract

We report 2 patients who developed severe scar contracture of a Microvel Hemashield valveless right-sided extracardiac conduit implanted 14 months earlier. In both cases, the diameter of the conduit was reduced along its entire length, with the prosthetic material plicated inward by retraction and organization of connective fibrous tissue on either side of the conduit.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Blood Vessel Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Child
Cicatrix / etiology
Contracture / etiology*
Female
Foreign-Body Reaction / etiology*
Graft Occlusion, Vascular / etiology*
Humans
Muscle, Smooth*
Polyethylene Terephthalates*
Prosthesis Failure
Reoperation
Vascular Patency

Substances

Polyethylene Terephthalates