In recent years, the use of homograft tissue in cardiac surgery has increased so that supply is limited. Since October 1990, aortic and/or pulmonary valves were collected from 17 transplant recipients at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the University of Padova Medical School (11 male, 6 female, mean age 43.4 years, range 11 months...
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1993 (v1)PublicationUploaded on: April 14, 2023
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1995 (v1)Publication
Between January 1992 and June 1994, 23 patients underwent surgery for aortic valve endocarditis at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the University of Verona; a subgroup of 10 patients underwent aortic valve replacement with a porcine stentless valve (Biocor LTDA n = 8; Toronto SPV n = 2). There were 7 males and 3 females with a mean...
Uploaded on: April 14, 2023