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Replacement of Infected Aortic Prosthetic Graft with Aortic Homograft after Heart Transplantation: 13‐Year Follow‐Up
Author(s) -
Macedo Francisco Igor B.,
Salerno Tomas A.,
Pham Si M.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12097
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , transplantation , complication , aortic dissection , calcification , heart transplantation , cardiology , aorta
Acute ascending aortic dissection (AAAD) is a rare complication after orthotopic heart transplantation. We report a patient with AAAD after heart transplantation in whom repair was complicated by infection of the ascending aortic prosthetic graft. This was successfully managed by re‐do replacement with two cryopreserved aortic homografts. Despite extensive calcification in the wall, the homografts show no aneurysm or dilation after 10 years. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12097 (J Card Surg 2013;28:312–314)