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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 26, 149-154, Copyright © 1978 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Heterologous pericardium for the closure of pericardial defects

JI Gallo, JL Pomar, E Artinano, F Val and CM Duran

Patches of glutaraldehyde-preserved porcine pericardium were transplanted orthotopically into 20 dogs to see if they might make a satisfactory pericardial substitute. Two dogs had mediastinal infections and were excluded from this study. All animals were reoperated on at regular intervals between 15 and 300 days. In 15 dogs there were no adhesions between the porcine pericardium and the host's epicardium. Histological study showed healing between both pericardiums and no degenerative changes in transplanted pericardium. Glutaraldehyde porcine pericardium has been utilized in 8 patients to close the pericardial cavity. There have been no problems related to the pericardial grafts after a maximum follow-up of 9 months.


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