PMID: 7335381Oct 1, 1981Paper

Histological evaluation of transannular autografts of pericardium placed in the right ventricular outflow tract of dogs

Pathology
J B GavinB G Barratt-Boyes

Abstract

Autografts of pericardium were inserted as patches into incisions across the annulus of the pulmonary valve in 12 adult dogs and 12 pups. In order to accommodate for possible effects of pulmonary hypertension which pertains in many clinical circumstances, constricting teflon bands were placed around the main pulmonary artery in half of the animals. Samples of tissue from the patches were examined by light and scanning electron microscopy from 6 to 14 mth later. The eventual thickness of the insertion site of the patches was found to become 2-14 times greater than the initial autograft due to apposition of layers of collagenous tissue on the endocardial and epicardial surfaces of the autografts. Three pups showed small, angiographically undetected central aneurysms in their patches but the tissue in their base was 5 or more times thicker than control pericardium. Cartilaginous metaplasia was evident at the margins of 57% of the patches, necrotic remnants of parts of the autograft were evident in 38% and foci of dystrophic calcification in 24% of them. Whereas smooth muscle cells sometimes extended into the repair tissue (19%), elastic fibres were not present in the patches. Thus pericardial autografts in the right ventricular ou...Continue Reading

References

Jul 1, 1973·Thorax·J B GavinP B Herdson
Feb 1, 1973·The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery·G A TruslerW T Mustard
Jan 1, 1974·Thorax·M I IonescuG H Wooler
May 1, 1972·The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery·A RosenthalA Pasternac

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Jan 1, 1987·Virchows Archiv. A, Pathological Anatomy and Histopathology·M H KadowakiS Glagov
Jul 9, 1998·The Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery : Official Publication of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery = Nihon Kyōbu Geka Gakkai Zasshi·K FujiwaraS Uemura
Mar 31, 2001·Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association·B A Brisson, D L Holmberg
Jul 1, 1986·The Journal of Surgical Research·M H KadowakiS Glagov

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