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Homograft valve repair for recurrent prosthetic valve endocarditis

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1 Homograft valve repair for recurrent prosthetic valve endocarditis
Richard Lee, MD, Marc R. Moon, MD  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  Volume 125, Issue 3, Pages (March 2003) DOI: /mtc Copyright © 2003 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Transesophageal echocardiographic image demonstrating 1.5-cm vegetation on left coronary cusp (large arrow) of aortic homograft. Small arrow indicates uninvolved right coronary cusp. AO, Aorta; LV, left ventricle. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /mtc ) Copyright © 2003 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 Technique of aortic homograft valve repair. A, Excision of left coronary cusp containing vegetation and 2-mm rim of healthy tissue. B, Placement of bovine pericardial patch to reconstruct cusp. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /mtc ) Copyright © 2003 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions


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