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The idea of grafting parts of the body from one person to another has inspired a number of legends and myths. The use of the aortic valve homograft, however, is of recent origin, dating from the experiments of Lam, Heimbecker, Murray, Gunning and Duran in the 1950s and 1960s. As a result of their work, the aortic homograft has become established as an accepted replacement for the diseased aortic valve and has now become an important part of the cardiac surgeon’s armamentarium. Difficulties of harvesting, preservation and surgical technique have been largely overcome. Cryopreservation seems to represent a distinct advance in preservation.
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Behrendt, D. (1988). Discussion. In: Yankah, A.C., Hetzer, R., Miller, D.C., Ross, D., Somerville, J., Yacoub, M.H. (eds) Cardiac Valve Allografts 1962–1987. Steinkopff. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72420-6_9
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