Acute dissection of a Contegra conduit: a rare mechanism of failure

Minoo N Kavarana; Adam L Dorfman; Prachi P Agarwal; Edward L Bove

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.02.032

Acute dissection of a Contegra conduit: a rare mechanism of failure

Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Sep;90(3):1006-7. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.02.032.

Authors

Minoo N Kavarana¹, Adam L Dorfman, Prachi P Agarwal, Edward L Bove

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Section of Cardiac Surgery, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

PMID: 20732536
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.02.032

Abstract

The Contegra (Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, MN) bovine jugular vein conduit has been used with increasing frequency in congenital heart disease for the reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract. In this report, we describe a mechanism for conduit failure secondary to an acute dissection of the inner neointimal peel from the conduit wall.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Animals
Cattle
Female
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
Humans
Infant
Jugular Veins / transplantation*
Postoperative Complications* / diagnosis
Postoperative Complications* / etiology
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction* / diagnosis
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction* / etiology