CardioGraft Clinical Evidence

CardioGraft Clinical Evidence

For over 40 years, LifeNet Health has been the global leader in cardiac allografts. Our CardioGraft® implants deliver the high-quality and proven performance you expect for all of your procedures. The list of articles below demonstrates the efficacy of our cardiac solutions.

Peer-reviewed Publications

Decellularized vs Non-decellularized Allogeneic Pulmonary Artery Patches for Pulmonary Arterioplasty  Carlos Bonilla-Ramirez, Varun Aggarwal, Manasa Atyam, Athar M. Qureshi, Jeffrey S. Heinle, E. Dean McKenzie, Decellularized vs Non-decellularized Allogeneic Pulmonary Artery Patches for Pulmonary Arterioplasty, Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery,2022, ISSN 1043-0679, https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semtcvs.2022.07.005. Article in Review.

Luxford JC, Ayer JG, Betts K, et al. The Ross/Ross-Konno procedure in infancy is a safe and durable solution for aortic stenosis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022;163(2):365-375. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.06.066. Article in Review.
 
Hopkins RA, Lofland GK, Marshall J, et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014. 97(4):1407–1412. 
 
Witten JC, Durbak E, Houghtaling PL, Unai S, Roselli EE, Bakaeen FG, Johnston DR, Svensson LG, Jaber W, Blackstone EH, Pettersson GB. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021. 111(6):1893-1900. Article in Review. 
 
Witten JC, Houghtaling PL, Shrestha NK, Gordon SM, Jaber W, Blackstone EH, Pettersson GB; Infectious Endocarditis Working Group. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 May 12:S0022-5223(21)00791-1. Article in Review
 
Yazdchi F, Harloff M, Hirji S, Percy E, McGurk S, Cherkasky O, Malarczyk A, Newell P, Rinewalt D, Mallidi HR, Sabe AA, Aranki S, Shekar P, Kaneko T. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021: S0003-4975(21)00048-5. Article in Review. 
 
Lofland GK, O'Brien JE Jr, Gandy KL, et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012. 93(3):968–971.
 
Mehrotra P, Quinonez LG, Surana NK, Pollock N, Sandora TJ. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2017. 6(2):202–204.
 
Carreon CK, Benini A, Baird C, et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019. 157(1):342–350.e3.
 
Mery CM, Guzmán-Pruneda FA, De León LE, et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016. 151(2):432–441.e4412.
 
Preventza O, Mohamed AS, Cooley DA, et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014. 48(3):989–994.
 
Rodefeld MD, Ruzmetov M, Turrentine MW, Brown JW. J Heart Valve Dis. 2008. 17(1):119–126.
 
Schiller O, Sinha P, Zurakowski D, Jonas RA. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014. 147(3):874–879.
 
Feingold B, Raval JS, Galambos C, et al. Hum Immunol. 2011. 72(10):835–840.
 
 
General Supporting Publications
Surgery or endovascular therapy for chronic limb-threatening ischemia. Farber, A., Menard, M. T., Conte, M. S., Kaufman, J. A., Powell, R. J., Choudhry, N. K., ... & Rosenfield, K. (2022). New England Journal of Medicine. 
 
Batlivala SP, Emani S, Mayer JE, McElhinney DB. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012. 93(6):2007–2016.
 
Dearani JA, Orszulak TA, Schaff HV, Daly RC, Anderson BJ, Danielson GK. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1997. 113(2):285–291.
 
Homann M, Haehnel JC, Mendler N, et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2000. 17(6):624–630.
 
Kirklin JW, Blackstone EH, Maehara T, et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 1987. 44(6):598–606.
 
Tuna IC, Orszulak TA, Schaff HV, Danielson GK. Ann Thorac Surg. 1990. 49(4):619–624.
 
Knosalla C, Weng Y, Yankah AC, et al. Eur Heart J. 2000. 21(6):490–497.
 
Yankah AC, Klose H, Petzina R, Musci M, Siniawski H, Hetzer R. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2002. 21(2):260–267.
 
Youn YN, Park HK, Kim DK, Park SY, Yi G, Park YH. Yonsei Med J. 2007. 48(4):639–644.