Mitral valve replacement using a cryopreserved mitral homograft.
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.
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hôpital Broussais, Paris, France.
Farge
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Ramsheyi
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Chachques
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Mihaileanu
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Gouezo
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Gerota
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Carpentier
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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