title: Aortic valve replacement with a homovital valve.
abstract: "Homovital" allografts (viable homografts) are a good substitute for native aortic valves. A case of aortic valve replacement with a homovital aortic allograft is reported along with the results of immunologic investigations. Postoperatively, there was no clinical or echocardiographic evidence of valve dysfunction, and immunologic tests did not show evidence of graft versus host reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mehrotra
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Airan
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Koicha
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Mehra
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Venugopal
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000637:transplantation*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous