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.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave, F24, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. mihaljt@ccf.org
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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