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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1166-1168
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Aortocoronary Endothelial Cell-Seeded Polytetrafluoroethylene Graft: 9-Year Patency

Davide Gabbieri, MDa,*, Pascal M. Dohmen, MD, PhDa, Christina Koch, MDa, Alexander Lembcke, MDb, Wolfgang Rutsch, MD, PhDc, Wolfgang Konertz, MD, PhDa

a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Charité Hospital, Medical University Berlin, Germany
b Department of Radiology, Charité Hospital, Medical University Berlin, Germany
c Department of Cardiology, Charité Hospital, Medical University Berlin, Germany

Accepted for publication September 1, 2006.

* Address correspondence to Dr Gabbieri, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Charité Hospital, University Medicine Berlin, Luisenstrasse 65, D-10117 Berlin, Germany (Email: dgabbieri{at}yahoo.it).

We report a 71-year old man with coronary artery disease. Complete coronary revascularization was not possible with autologous grafts; therefore, a 4-mm expanded polytetrafluoroethylene graft was implanted that had been seeded preoperatively with autologous vascular endothelial cells. At 9-year follow-up, the patient is asymptomatic and shows a patent graft.






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