CARDIOVASCULAR ENGINEERING Journal for Extracorporeal Circulation, Assist Devices,Transplantation and Artificial Organs
	Volume 3, 1998, No 2

Ross and Ross-Konno Procedures in Children: Technique and Outcomes

V. M. Reddy, D. B. McElhinney

Abstract:
The Ross procedure is an important advance in the treatment of aortic valve disease in neonates and infants with congenital aortic stenosis or regurgitation and in other young patients with aortic valve dysfunction. It is the only available replacement for the aortic valve which has growth potential and there is ample evidence that the pulmonary autograft holds up well in the systemic circulation. Combined with a Konno ventriculoplasty, the Ross procedure is a useful approach to the management of complex subaortic stenosis in young or old patients.

Keywords:
aortic valve disease, neonates, Ross procedure

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Reference:
(CVE. 1998; 3 (2): 95-99)

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