Multiple Pulmonary Artery Plasty With Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts

Takashi Nagase; Masaaki Yamagishi; Yoshinobu Maeda; Satoshi Asada; Hisayuki Hongu; Eijiro Yamashita; Rie Nakai; Hitoshi Yaku

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.02.039

Multiple Pulmonary Artery Plasty With Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts

Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Jan;115(1):e11-e13. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.02.039. Epub 2022 Mar 5.

Authors

Takashi Nagase¹, Masaaki Yamagishi², Yoshinobu Maeda², Satoshi Asada², Hisayuki Hongu², Eijiro Yamashita², Rie Nakai², Hitoshi Yaku²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Medical Center, and Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. Electronic address: t-ngs@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp.
² Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Medical Center, and Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.

PMID: 35259392
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.02.039

Abstract

In pediatric cardiovascular surgery, the autologous pericardium is useful for pulmonary artery augmentation. However, in some cases, the autologous pericardium may not be available for various reasons. Since 2014, we have developed tissue-engineered vascular grafts (TEVGs) and obtained good results. We report a successful case of multiple pulmonary artery plasty with TEVGs for pulmonary atresia/ventricular septal defect with major aortopulmonary collateral arteries. TEVGs are useful alternatives to autologous pericardium in pediatric cardiovascular operations that often require multistage procedures.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Blood Vessel Prosthesis
Child
Collateral Circulation
Heart Defects, Congenital*
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular* / surgery
Humans
Infant
Pulmonary Artery / surgery
Pulmonary Atresia* / surgery