Pericardial closure with extracellular matrix scaffold following cardiac surgery associated with a reduction of postoperative complications and 30-day hospital readmissions

Alfredo Rego,Patricia Cheung,William J. Harris,Kevin M. Brady,Jeffrey Newman,Robert Still

Pericardial closure with extracellular matrix scaffold following cardiac surgery associated with a reduction of postoperative complications and 30-day hospital readmissions

2019

Alfredo Rego
Patricia Cheung
William J. Harris
Kevin M. Brady
Jeffrey Newman
Robert Still

Background A prospective, multi-center study (RECON) was conducted to evaluate the clinical outcomes of pericardial closure using a decellularized extracellular matrix (ECM) graft derived from porcine small intestinal submucosa.

Keywords:

Surgery
Cardiac surgery
Decellularization
Scaffold
Small intestinal submucosa
Day hospital
Extracellular matrix
Medicine
Prospective cohort study
Pericardial effusion
Atrial fibrillation
Transplantation
Cardiothoracic surgery
Cohort
Pleural effusion

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