An Increased Incidence of Conduit Endocarditis in Patients Receiving Bovine Jugular Vein Grafts Compared to Cryopreserved Homograft for Right Ventricular Outflow Reconstruction Shinya Ugaki, MD, PhD, Jennifer Rutledge, MD, FRCPC, Mohammed Al Aklabi, MD, FRCSC, David B. Ross, MD, Ian Adatia, MBChB, Ivan M. Rebeyka, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 99, Issue 1, Pages 140-146 (January 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.034 Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Overall actuarial freedom from reoperation in patients undergoing right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction with bovine jugular vein grafts (BJVG [solid line]) or cryopreserved homografts (dotted line). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 140-146DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.034) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Actuarial freedom from reoperation for patients aged (A) less than 3 years and (B) more than 3 years at operation undergoing right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction with bovine jugular vein grafts (BJVG [solid lines]) or homografts (dotted lines). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 140-146DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.034) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Actuarial freedom from reoperation in patients aged more than 3 years at operation undergoing right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction with bovine jugular vein grafts (BJVG) with endocarditis (solid line) or without endocarditis (dashed line) compared with homografts (dotted line). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 99, 140-146DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.08.034) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions