CARDIAC VALVE ALLOGRAFTS (HOMOGRAFTS) highlights the current controversy about freehand subcoronary aortic valve and root replacement with regard to postoperative morbidity and long term durability. It discusses particular implantation techniques of preference in young patients and in different root pathology. Other chapters address intermediate- and long-term results on cardiac valve and vascular homografts for treating complicating cardiac valve and aortic infections.
The chapter on basic science additionally makes this book a highly authoritative reference source for cardiac surgeons, physicians and scientists.
This work provides a current survey of the state-of-the-art.

Standards and technical guidelines for heart valve banking

An international survey of allograft valve banks
Homograft viability, assessment and significance
Human heart cold ischemia and its effect on post cryopreservation viability of heart valves
Effects of storage temperature and fetal calf serum on the endothelium of porcine aortic valves: Functional and microscopic evaluation
Pre-implantation viability of cryopreserved valves prepared by the Green Lane Technique
The anatomic and physiological properties of the semilunar valves
Immunology
Antigenicity of human cardiac valve allografts in vitro
Immunology of homograft valves
Immunogenicity of human cardiac valve allografts
Immune response and calcification of allografts
The allograft valve in aortic valve replacement and in transplanted patients
Allograft conduit wall calcification in a model of chronic arterial graft rejection
Immunosuppression in allograft valve surgery. A study on inbred rat model
Allograft Aortic Valve and Root Replacement
Clinical results of freehand subcoronary aortic valve and root replacement with cryopreserved homografts (allografts)
Results of allograft aortic root replacement in children
Alternative Procedures Autografts
Extended aortic root replacement with pulmonary autograft
Pulmonary autograft: "Valve of choice" for aortic infective endocarditis?
Treatment of aortic valve endocarditis with the Ross operation
Techniques of reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract at Ross operation
Infectious Aortic Valve and Thoracic Aorta
Allograft vs. prosthetic aortic valve replacement for active infective endocarditis
Allograft aortic root surgery. The infected aortic root
Cryopreserved aortic homografts for mycotic aneurysms andinfected arterial grafts
The use of aortic allografts for surgical management of mycotic infections and aneurysms of the thoracic aorta
Large-caliber arterial allografts
Aortic and Pulmonary Allografts for Reconstruction of the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract (Orthotopic and Heterotopic Implantation)
Allograft reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract: Techniques and results
Outcome of pulmonary and aortic allografts for reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract in congenital cardiac surgery
Long-term results of allograft conduits in the pulmonary circulation
Techniques for repair of tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia using homografts - The Rotterdam Experience
Use of allografts in the primary repair of Truncus arteriosus in early infancy and replacement of previous conduits revisited
Orthotopic and heterotopic implantation of cryopreserved semilunar valves in the pulmonary circulation
Intermediate-term performance of CryoLife cryopreserved heart valve allografts
Homograft Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Replacement
Replacement of the mitral and tricuspid valves with aortic and pulmonary valve allografts
Mitral valve homograft
Mitral valve allgrafts with mitral position
Immunology and fate of mitral allografts. What are the operative technical options and prerequisites for durability?
Unstented live tricuspid and mitral valve allografts
Concluding Remarks and Prospects.