title: Successful allograft root re-replacement for prosthetic valve endocarditis with improvement of renal function in a Jehovah's Witness patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Syed T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Eugene H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Blackstone
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. Electronic address: petterg@ccf.org.
authors.forename: Gösta B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Pettersson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D064591:Allografts; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006658:Histoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D033221:Jehovah's Witnesses; D008297:Male