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. 1978 Sep;53(9):759–760. doi: 10.1136/adc.53.9.759

Aortic homograft valve replacement for postendocarditis aortic incompetence in early childhood. A case report.

C H Anyanwu, P Adams, R Radley-Smith, M Yacoub
PMCID: PMC1545124  PMID: 718248

Abstract

A case of postendocarditis aortic incompetence with congenital ventricular septal defect in a 21-month-old child, treated successfully by homograft aortic valve replacement and closure of the ventricular septal defect, is reported. It appears that no similar case has previously been reported in the UK.

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