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Ann Thorac Surg 2010;89:259-263. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.048
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Percutaneous Tissue-Engineered Pulmonary Valved Stent Implantation

Georg Lutter, MD, PhDa,*,*, Anja Metzner, PhDa,*, Thomas Jahnke, MD, PhDa, René Bombien, MDa, Jessica Boldt, MSa, Kenji Iino, MDa, Jochen Cremer, MD, PhDa, Ulrich A. Stock, MD, PhDb

a Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery and Radiology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, School of Medicine, Kiel, Germany
b Department of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Tuebingen, Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany

Accepted for publication June 12, 2009.

* Address correspondence to Dr Lutter, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, School of Medicine, Arnold-Heller-Str. 7, Kiel, 24105, Germany (Email: lutter{at}kielheart.uni-kiel.de).

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of percutaneously implanted tissue-engineered valved stents in the ovine pulmonary valve position.

Description: Porcine pulmonary heart valves and small intestinal submucosa were obtained from a slaughterhouse, and the intestinal submucosa used to cover the inside of the porcine pulmonary valved stents. Endothelial cells and autologous myofibroblasts were obtained from carotid artery segments of juvenile sheep. After myofibroblast seeding, constructs were placed in a dynamic bioreactor system and were cultured for 16 days. After Endothelial cell seeding, the tissue-engineered valved stents were deployed into the pulmonary valve annular site. Angiography was performed at implantation and explantation (4 weeks). Constructs were analyzed macroscopically and microscopically.

Evaluation: Orthotopic positioning of the stents (n = 3) at the time of implantation and explantation, as well as normal valve function, was observed through angiography. Gross morphology confirmed excellent opening and closing of all leaflets. Strong expression of {alpha}-smooth muscle actin in neointerstitial cells and of von-Willebrand-Factor in endothelial cells was revealed by immunocytochemistry.

Conclusions: This study demonstrates successful merging of two novel technologies: (1) percutaneous valved stent implantation and (2) tissue engineering of autologous heart valves.


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