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Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:1849-1850
© 1999 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Accelerated allograft degeneration after aortic valve endocarditis

Ashraf Osman, MDa, James McCann, PAa, Richard J. Shemin, MDa, Harold L. Lazar, MDa

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Address reprint requests to Dr Lazar, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Medical Center, 88 E Newton St, Suite B404, Boston, MA 02118

Early calcification of aortic allografts is usually seen in children less than 3 years of age. We describe a case of a 22-year-old intravenous drug user who developed calcific aortic valve stenosis less than 3 years after an allograft root replacement for endocarditis.




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