Assessment of the Relationship Between Contegra Conduit Size and Early Valvar Insufficiency Katja M. Gist, DO, MA, Max B. Mitchell, MD, James Jaggers, MD, Dave N. Campbell, MD, Jessica A. Yu, MD, Bruce F. Landeck, MD, MS The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 93, Issue 3, Pages 856-861 (March 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.10.057 Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Conduit insufficiency by grade (Grd) and group. *Grd 4-6 were considered clinically significant conduit insufficiency. Statistical significance in conduit insufficiency between group 1 and 2 was present for group 0, 1, 4-6 (p < 0.05). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 93, 856-861DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.10.057) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Cusp heights in bovine jugular vein (BJV) conduits and pulmonary allografts. (A) 12-mm BJV (left), 12-mm pulmonary allograft (right). (B) 18-mm BJV (lower), 22-mm BJV (upper). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2012 93, 856-861DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.10.057) Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions