<![CDATA[<B>Ten years experience of aortic valve replacement with aortic homograft root replacement</B>]]>

Profile of Heart Donors from the Human Valve Bank of the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Curitiba

“…The results were similar to the literature, with a great prevalence of traumatic causes, reflecting the violence in today's society, and CVA as main cause of death [ 17 , 18 ] . Comparing the causes of death with gender and age of the donors, it was noted that trauma was the major cause of death of men aged between 16 and 35 years old, while CVA prevailed among women in the age group of 15 to 36 years old [ 19 , 20 ] .…”

Surgical Repair of Stenotic Pulmonary Arteries in Tetralogy of Falllot

“…There is a trend towards the RVOT enlargement using a homologous and decellularized allograft putting forward a theoretical attempt of a graft with greater durability potential than those currently available. Decellularized grafts may be related to a lower immune response when compared with cryopreserved grafts [22,[27][28][29][30][31][32]. (Fig.…”

“…A patch of pericardium 2 to 5 mm larger than the diameter of the allograft valve annulus is cut to an approximate semilunar shape and sutured into place to complete the anterior half of the anastomosis serving as a roof on the ventriculotomy incision and preventing the graft distortion. [4,22,32] (Fig. 20)…”