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Durability of Homografts Used to Treat Complex Aortic Valve Endocarditis  Willem Flameng, MD, PhD, Willem Daenen, MD, Ramadan Jashari, MD, Paul Herijgers,

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1 Durability of Homografts Used to Treat Complex Aortic Valve Endocarditis 
Willem Flameng, MD, PhD, Willem Daenen, MD, Ramadan Jashari, MD, Paul Herijgers, MD, PhD, Bart Meuris, MD, PhD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 99, Issue 4, Pages (April 2015) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Freedom from structural valve degeneration (SVD) and reoperation. Kaplan-Meier curves showing freedom from SVD (blue line) and reoperation (red line) in homografts used to treat complex aortic valve endocarditis. Note that not all patients experiencing SVD underwent reoperation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Roentgenogram from an explanted aortic homograft root explanted 10 years after implantation in a case of extensive aortic valve endocarditis. Note the important wall calcification of the entire root. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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