Aortocoronary endothelial cell-seeded polytetrafluoroethylene graft: 9-year patency.

Gabbieri, Davide; Dohmen, Pascal M; Koch, Christina; Lembcke, Alexander; Rutsch, Wolfgang; Konertz, Wolfgang · Ann Thorac Surg · 2007

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

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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