Immunohistological findings for an extracardiac conduit in Fontan pathway constructed with pedicled autologous pericardium. 2006

Iki Adachi, and Toshikatsu Yagihara, and Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda, and Soichiro Kitamura
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka 565-8565, Japan.

Although autologous pericardium has been used in pedicled fashion for various reconstructive procedures in congenital cardiovascular surgery with the expectation that it will be able to grow and remain viable after implantation, no clinical study has evaluated the histological characteristics of implanted pedicled pericardium long after previous implantation. We describe herein histological findings of pedicled pericardium, which had been used for three years as an extracardiac conduit in Fontan pathway. A four-year-old boy with a history of Fontan operation using pedicled autologous pericardial roll required conduit replacement three years after the previous operation, and resected pericardial tissue was examined immunohistologically. Staining for CD34 revealed abundant microvasculature, suggesting preservation of viability. Staining for factor VIII demonstrated the presence of endothelium on the luminal surface of the conduit. Elastica-van Gieson staining revealed a band of elastic tissue, which is generally found not in the native pericardium but in the vascular wall structures. These findings suggested that the pedicled pericardium thus appeared to have remained viable and might have differentiated to resemble tissue of the vascular wall after having been used in Fontan pathway.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008833 Microcirculation The circulation of the BLOOD through the MICROVASCULAR NETWORK. Microvascular Blood Flow,Microvascular Circulation,Blood Flow, Microvascular,Circulation, Microvascular,Flow, Microvascular Blood,Microvascular Blood Flows,Microvascular Circulations
D010496 Pericardium A conical fibro-serous sac surrounding the HEART and the roots of the great vessels (AORTA; VENAE CAVAE; PULMONARY ARTERY). Pericardium consists of two sacs: the outer fibrous pericardium and the inner serous pericardium. The latter consists of an outer parietal layer facing the fibrous pericardium, and an inner visceral layer (epicardium) resting next to the heart, and a pericardial cavity between these two layers. Epicardium,Fibrous Pericardium,Parietal Pericardium,Pericardial Cavity,Pericardial Space,Serous Pericardium,Visceral Pericardium,Cavities, Pericardial,Cavity, Pericardial,Pericardial Cavities,Pericardial Spaces,Pericardium, Fibrous,Pericardium, Parietal,Pericardium, Serous,Pericardium, Visceral,Pericardiums, Fibrous,Pericardiums, Serous,Serous Pericardiums,Space, Pericardial,Spaces, Pericardial
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006330 Heart Defects, Congenital Developmental abnormalities involving structures of the heart. These defects are present at birth but may be discovered later in life. Congenital Heart Disease,Heart Abnormalities,Abnormality, Heart,Congenital Heart Defect,Congenital Heart Defects,Defects, Congenital Heart,Heart Defect, Congenital,Heart, Malformation Of,Congenital Heart Diseases,Defect, Congenital Heart,Disease, Congenital Heart,Heart Abnormality,Heart Disease, Congenital,Malformation Of Heart,Malformation Of Hearts
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D018729 Fontan Procedure A procedure in which total right atrial or total caval blood flow is channeled directly into the pulmonary artery or into a small right ventricle that serves only as a conduit. The principal congenital malformations for which this operation is useful are TRICUSPID ATRESIA and single ventricle with pulmonary stenosis. Fontan Circuit,Fontan Circulation,Fontan Operation,Fontan Palliation,Hemi-Fontan Procedure,Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt,Bidirectional Glenn Procedure,Bidirectional Glenn Shunt,Norwood Procedure, Stage 2,Norwood Procedure, Stage 3,Norwood Procedure, Stage II,Norwood Procedure, Stage III,Stage 2 Norwood Procedure,Stage 3 Norwood Procedure,Stage II Norwood Procedure,Stage III Norwood Procedure,Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunts,Bidirectional Glenn Procedures,Bidirectional Glenn Shunts,Cavopulmonary Shunt, Bidirectional,Circuit, Fontan,Circulation, Fontan,Glenn Procedure, Bidirectional,Glenn Shunt, Bidirectional,Hemi Fontan Procedure,Operation, Fontan,Palliation, Fontan,Procedure, Bidirectional Glenn,Procedure, Fontan,Procedure, Hemi-Fontan,Shunt, Bidirectional Cavopulmonary

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