Homografts for the management of graft infections in the ascending aortic position

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2014 Jul;46(1):148. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt491. Epub 2013 Oct 16.

Authors

Paschalis Tossios¹, Avgerinos Karatzopoulos², Vasilios Grosomanidis³, Kyriakos Anastasiadis²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aristotle University Medical School, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece ptossios@hotmail.com.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Aristotle University Medical School, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
³ Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Aristotle University Medical School, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

PMID: 24132301
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt491

No abstract available

Keywords: Aortic arch; Ascending aorta; In situ preservation; Omentum transposition; Prosthetic graft infection.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Aorta / surgery*
Arteries / transplantation*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis / microbiology*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Cryopreservation / methods*
Female
Humans
Male
Prosthesis-Related Infections / surgery*