

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...

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...