Usage examples (4)

• Another option includes the surgical placement of a valve called a pulmonary homograft, which is a donated pulmonary valve and artery.
• The child's own pulmonary valve and base of the pulmonary artery (autograft) replace the defective aorta, while a homograft (blood vessel from a tissue donor) replaces...
• "… Emily received a human homograft valve that was taken from the heart of a baby that had passed away," Frank said.
• Unfortunately the stent became infected and definitive open surgical repair involved removing the stent, replacing the aorta with a homograft and coverage with a left...