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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005;27:1115
© 2005 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Obstructive thrombosis of an aortic root homograft

Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

Received 11 December 2004; received in revised form 10 February 2005; accepted 21 February 2005.

^* Corresponding author. Tel.: +32 16 344260; fax: +32 16 344616. (E-mail: steven.laga@uz.kuleuven.ac.be).

Key Words: Homograft • Thrombosis • Aortic valve

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A 57-year-old female presented with a dysfunctional aortic valve homograft, 8 years after root replacement for endocarditis. Echocardiography demonstrated grade 3 insufficiency with elevated gradients. Explantation revealed a large thrombus lodged in the right coronary cusp, . . . [Full Text of this Article]