Ten-year patency of functionally expanded polytetrafluoroethylene coronary graft detected in an urgent cardiac surgery

Bülent Uzunlar; Ahmet Karabulut; Zeki Doğan; Batuhan Özay

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.9045

Bülent Uzunlar¹, Ahmet Karabulut¹, Zeki Doğan¹, Batuhan Özay²

Department of Cardiology, İstanbul Medicine Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
¹Departments of Cardiology, İstanbul Medicine Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
²Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery, İstanbul Medicine Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.9045

Functionally expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) grafts have not been preferred as a coronary conduit due to their low patency rates. In this article, we report a 69-year-old male case who was operated 10 years ago with an ePTFE coronary conduit. During percutaneous intervention of coronary conduit, perforation was observed and patient was operated immediately. Usage of ePTFE graft was confirmed during surgery. This case report produces an evidence for the long-term patency of ePTFE graft. It also shows a higher complication risk for percutaneous ePTFE grafts compared to the native autologous conduits.

Keywords : Coronary conduit; expanded polytetrafluoroethylene graft; patency rate

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