Mitral valve replacement using a cryopreserved mitral homograft

C Acar; A Farge; A Ramsheyi; J C Chachques; S Mihaileanu; R Gouezo; J Gerota; A F Carpentier

doi:10.1016/0003-4975(94)90582-7

Mitral valve replacement using a cryopreserved mitral homograft

Ann Thorac Surg. 1994 Mar;57(3):746-8. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(94)90582-7.

Authors

C Acar¹, A Farge, A Ramsheyi, J C Chachques, S Mihaileanu, R Gouezo, J Gerota, A F Carpentier

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hôpital Broussais, Paris, France.

PMID: 8147653
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(94)90582-7

Abstract

Mitral valve replacement, using a cryopreserved mitral homograft, was performed in a 49-year-old patient with calcified mitral stenosis. Postoperative course was uneventful. Transesophageal echocardiography performed 6 months later showed normal function of the mitral homograft.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cryopreservation*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve Stenosis / surgery*
Mitral Valve* / transplantation*
Organ Preservation*
Transplantation, Homologous