Stentless fresh pulmonary homograft in mitral position.
We report the implantation of a fresh, stentless pulmonary homograft in the mitral position as an attempt to treat the 2nd recurrence of prosthetic endocarditis in a 66-year-old man. The postoperative course was uneventful; early postoperative transesophageal echocardiography showed a competent valve with a gradient of 4.2 mmHg. Fifteen months postoperatively, transthoracic echocardiography showed a good functioning homograft with a competent valve and no recurrence of endocarditis.
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Istituto di Cardiochirurgia, Facoltá di Medicina, II Università di Napoli, Ospedale V. Monaldi, Naples, Italy.
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Caruso
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D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000637:transplantation*