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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 48, 714-716, Copyright © 1989 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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

GD Angelini, M Witsenburg, FJ Ten Kate, PA Hiddema and JM Quaebebeur
Cardiothoracic Department, Academic Hospital Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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.

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