EXHIBIT 23.1      

                          ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT




The Board of Directors
CryoLife, Inc.


We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration
statements (Nos. 33-83996 and 33-84048) on Form S-8 of CryoLife,
Inc. of our reports dated February 14, 1996, except as to Note
13, which is as of March 18, 1996, relating to the consolidated
balance sheets of CryoLife, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December
31, 1995 and 1994, and the related consolidated statements of
income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows and related schedule
for each of the years in the three-year period December 31, 1995,
which reports appear in the December 31, 1995 annual report on
Form 10-K of CryoLife, Inc.




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May 9, 1996