Patient Outcome and Valve Performance Following a Second Aortic Valve Homograft Replacement

144 patients who had previously undergone aortic valve replacement with a homograft and required a second aortic homograft replacement. Mean age 49.0 years (range 17-77), 83 male. Indications for reoperation included aortic regurgitation (52.1%), aortic stenosis (19.4%), and mixed aortic valve disease (28.5%).

Second aortic valve homograft replacement (root replacement in 38% and subcoronary in 62.5%)

Actuarial survival rate, freedom from tissue degeneration, and freedom from reoperation at 5 and 10 yearshard clinical