Transesophageal and epicardial echocardiography identified pulmonary graft obstruction, requiring homograft revision due to large thrombosis.
Erica D. Wittwer, Juan N. Pulido, Shane M. Gillespie, Frank Cetta, Joseph A. Dearani 2014, 'Left Main Coronary Artery Compression following Melody Pulmonary Valve Implantation:Use of Impella Support as Rescue Therapy and Perioperative Challenges with ECMO',Case Reports in Critical Carehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/959704. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The homograft aortic valve was trimmed and prepared.
Rui Manoel Sequeira de ALMEIDA, Danton R. da Rocha LOURES, Hélcio GIFFHORN, KatiaPIFFER, Ana Cláudia Araújo dos SANTOS, Maureen Aparecida de OLIVEIRA, Edison JoséRIBEIRO, Maria João Amorim FERREIRA 1998, 'Enxertos valvares aórticos homólogos: estudo experimental em cães', Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgeryhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76381998000100009. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
One third of three cervical tracheal rings were removed and substituted for auto or homograft.
Emerson Antonio Contesini, Mônica Seabra Salles, João Antônio Tadeu Pigatto, Ney LuisPippi, Alceu Gaspar Raiser 2001, 'Reparação traqueal em cães: transplante autógeno vs implante homógeno conservado emglicerina a 98% de cartilagem da pina Tracheal healing in dogs: autograft versus homograftimplant preserved in 98% glycerin of pinna cartilage', Ciência Ruralhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782001000400012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Homograft diameter and patient age inversely correlated with late pulmonary gradients.
Francisco Diniz Affonso da COSTA, Robinson POFFO, Everson MATTE, Evandro Antônio SARDETO,Ricardo Alexandre SCHNEIDER, Eduardo Pradi ADAM, Djalma Luis FARACO, Fábio SALLUM,Iseu Affonso da COSTA 2000, 'Cinco anos de experiência com a operação de Ross: o que aprendemos? A five-year experiencewith the Ross operation: what have we learned?', Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgeryhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382000000200004. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This tissue can be therefore treated as a safe homograft for cardiac surgery.
Maria Cristina Vinci, Giulio Tessitore, Laura Castiglioni, Francesca Prandi, MonicaSoncini, Rosaria Santoro, Filippo Consolo, Francesca Colazzo, Barbara Micheli, LuigiSironi, Gianluca Polvani, Maurizio Pesce 2013, 'Mechanical compliance and immunological compatibility of fixative-free decellularized/cryopreservedhuman pericardium.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3660606?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, progressive homograft degeneration and fibrocalcification may occur, particularly in the childhood and young adults.
Fábio Binhara Navarro, Francisco Diniz Affonso da Costa, Leonardo Andrade Mulinari,Gustavo Klug Pimentel, João Gabriel Roderjan, Eduardo Discher Vieira, Lúcia de Noronha,Nelson Itiro Miyague 2010, 'Avaliação do comportamento biológico de homoenxertos valvares pulmonares descelularizados:estudo experimental em ovinos Evaluation of the biological behavior of decellularizedpulmonary homografts: an experimental sheep model', Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgeryhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382010000300015. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The patient was surgically treated with a cryopreserved homograft aortic replacement.
André Silva-Pinto, Rita Ferraz, Jorge Casanova, António Sarmento, Lurdes Santos 2015, 'Candida parapsilosis prosthetic valve endocarditis', Medical Mycology Case Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221175391500024X. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Balloon dilatation was required in 2 patients for pulmonary homograft stenosis.
Pozzi Marco, Raja Shahzad 2004, 'Ross operation in children and young adults: the Alder Hey case series', BMC Cardiovascular Disordershttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2261/4/3. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)