ATS
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Personal Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Author home page(s):
Richard A. Hopkins
Philip C. Corcoran
Right arrow Permission Requests
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Hopkins, R. A.
Right arrow Articles by Corcoran, P. C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Hopkins, R. A.
Right arrow Articles by Corcoran, P. C.

Ann Thorac Surg 1991;52:1190-1193
© 1991 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Articles

Ross' first homograft replacement of the aortic valve

Richard A. Hopkins, MD*, James St. Louis, BS, Philip C. Corcoran, MD

Department of Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC USA

* Address reprint requests to Dr Hopkins, Department of surgery 4PHC, Geogetown University Medical Centre 3800 reservoir Rd, NW, Washington, DC 20007-2197.

Ross' first homograft replacement of the aortic valve was reported in 1962. The homograft has been in continuous use around the world ever since. Much has been learned about how to handle homografts, both before and during their implantation. Homografts have special advantages, which make them an appropriate choice in a number of settings. This first successful case by Donald Ross set the stage for the growth in homograft valve use and the subsequent development of many ways of using allograft cardiovascular tissue for optimal cardiac reconstructions.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 CirculationHome page
R. A. Hopkins
Tissue Engineering of Heart Valves: Decellularized Valve Scaffolds
Circulation, May 31, 2005; 111(21): 2712 - 2714.
[Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 VASC ENDOVASCULAR SURGHome page
Letter to the Editor
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, January 1, 1993; 27(1): 78 - 80.
[PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANN THORAC SURG ASIAN CARDIOVASC THORAC ANN EUR J CARDIOTHORAC SURG
J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG ICVTS ALL CTSNet JOURNALS
Copyright © 1991 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.