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Garcia-Rinaldi R, Zamora JL, Torres-Salichs M, et al. Four-year patency of PTFE grafts after replacement of the superior vena cava and the innominate veins. Tex Heart Inst J. 1988;15(3):192-4
Garcia-Rinaldi, R., Zamora, J. L., Torres-Salichs, M., Desantos, L., & Vaughan, G. D. (1988). Four-year patency of PTFE grafts after replacement of the superior vena cava and the innominate veins. Texas Heart Institute journal, 15(3), 192-4.
Garcia-Rinaldi, R, et al. "Four-year patency of PTFE grafts after replacement of the superior vena cava and the innominate veins." Texas Heart Institute journal vol. 15,3 (1988): 192-4.
Garcia-Rinaldi R, Zamora JL, Torres-Salichs M, Desantos L, Vaughan GD. Four-year patency of PTFE grafts after replacement of the superior vena cava and the innominate veins. Tex Heart Inst J. 1988;15(3):192-4. PMID: 15227252; PMCID: PMC324825.
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Tex Heart Inst J. 1988;15(3):192-4.

Four-year patency of PTFE grafts after replacement of the superior vena cava and the innominate veins.

Texas Heart Institute journal

R Garcia-Rinaldi, J L Zamora, M Torres-Salichs, L Desantos, G D Vaughan

Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, West Houston Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA.

PMID: 15227252 PMCID: PMC324825

Abstract

We describe a simpler alternative to treating vena cava syndrome with composite spiral vein grafts. Instead, we used 2 polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) grafts to replace the resected superior vena cava and innominate veins of a man with a malignant thymoma. Both grafts have remained patent more than 4 years after surgery, and the patient has continued asymptomatic and free of malignancy. Therefore, we recommend using PTFE grafts to replace the great veins of the thorax.

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