The Ross procedure in patients aged less than 18 years: The midterm results

Submitted by: Erica CurcioGold Contributor

Source: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Source URL: http://www.jtcvsonline.org/article/S0022-5223%2813%2900190-6/abstract

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Author(s): G Brancaccio, A Polito, S Hoxha, F Gandolfo, S Giannico, A Amodeo, A Carotti

Outcomes of the Ross procedure in 55 children and adolescents performed over a 20 year period were reviewed.  Median f/u was 5.5 years.  Hospital mortality was 13%, and long-term survival was 85%.  Freedom from reoperation for autograft failure at 10 years was 74%, and was 56% for RV outflow tract replacement. 

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