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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 92, 446-449, Copyright © 1986 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
SA Mills
Two complications necessitating removal of bovine pericardium used as a
pericardial patch graft in 60 patients are reported. These complications,
plus a few others reported in the literature, suggest that caution in the
clinical use of bovine pericardium remains appropriate.
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