Acar C, Farge A, Ramsheyi A, Chachques J C, Mihaileanu S, Gouezo R, Gerota J, Carpentier A F
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hôpital Broussais, Paris, France.
Ann Thorac Surg. 1994 Mar;57(3):746-8. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(94)90582-7.
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.