FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves making free plastic repair of defect to be substituted using autopericardium patch under dry heart condition. Then, adequate hemodynamics is restored and one or several layers of vascularized pericardium with retained feeding bases are laid over the patch on the working heart. Free edges of each following flap are fixed beyond the edges of the previous one. The layers of vascularized pericardium are laid on the patch in tile-like manner. EFFECT: higher strength and tightness of sutures; smooth transformation of multilayer vascularized wall tissue into heart tissue or large vessel tissue.
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1999-05-20—Published
1996-08-09—Filed