Equine pericardium: a versatile alternative reconstructive material in congenital cardiac surgery.

Ahmed Abdelrahman ElassalOsman Osama Al-RadiZaher Faisal ZaherAhmed Mohamed DohainGaser Abdelmohsen AbdelmohsenRagab Sayed MohamedMazin Adel FataniMohamed Esam AbdelmotalebNada Ahmed NoamanMahmoud Akl ElmeligyOsama Saber Eldib

Published in: Journal of cardiothoracic surgery (2021)

Equine 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.

Keyphrases

cardiac surgery
minimally invasive
acute kidney injury
aortic valve
mitral valve
coronary artery bypass
heart failure
coronary artery disease
percutaneous coronary intervention
surgical site infection