Six-year Experience with Cryopreserved Mitral Homografts in the Treatment of Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis in HIV-Infected Drug Addicts Carlos-A. Mestres MD, Jose M. Miro MD, J. Carlos Pare MD, Jose L. Pomar MD Five drug addicts underwent implantation of a cryopreserved mitral homograft for intractable infective endocarditis of the aortic valve with no early mortality. A six-year follow up has confirmed the ability to control active infection. Late episodes can be managed conservatively.

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