Partial homograft replacement of mitral valve

Lancet. 1994 Aug 20;344(8921):514. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(94)91901-1.

Abstract

To date, treatment of mitral valve disease with mitral homograft implantation has been unsatisfactory. We describe two cases of mitral valve repair in man with a cryopreserved partial mitral homograft. Massive mitral insufficiency was surgically corrected by replacement of the severely affected posterior leaflet and the subvalvular apparatus with their corresponding mitral-valve homograft tissue. 22 and 4 months after surgery, the repaired valves remain competent with flexible and normal functioning leaflets and subvalvular apparatus, and the patients are symptom-free.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cryopreservation
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve / transplantation*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery
  • Transplantation, Homologous