title: Mitral valve replacement using a cryopreserved mitral homograft.
abstract: Mitral valve replacement, using a cryopreserved mitral homograft, was performed in a 49-year-old patient with calcified mitral stenosis. Postoperative course was uneventful. Transesophageal echocardiography performed 6 months later showed normal function of the mitral homograft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hôpital Broussais, Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farge
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramsheyi
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Chachques
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mihaileanu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gouezo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gerota
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Carpentier
mesh_terms: D015925:Cryopreservation; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000637:transplantation*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D009926:Organ Preservation; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous