Invited commentary. It would not be wise to completely abandon the use of homograft root replacement in particular in patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis and aortic root abscess.
Mihaljevic
Tomislav
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave, F24, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. mihaljt@ccf.org
D000038:Abscess / Q000601:surgery*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000637:transplantation*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000601:surgery*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous