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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:442-443
© 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Monobloc or separate aortic and mitral homografts?

Christophe Acar, MD

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière, 50-52 Bd Vincent Auriol, 75013 Paris, France

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To the Editor:

Recently, Obadia and associates 1 Go reported their experience with monobloc aorto-mitral homograft for extensive endocarditis. Since 1994, we have performed combined aortic and mitral valve replacement with homografts in 6 patients (mean age: 31 ± 7 years). However, two separated valves were used for the reasons explained below. The etiology of the valve disease was rheumatic (n = 3), congenital (n = 1), or bacterial endocarditis with abscess of the aorto-mitral junction (n = 2). . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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