Long-term Outcomes of the Ross Procedure for Young Patients with Aortic Valve Disease

• Published in: Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 115 - 124
• Main Authors: Luciani, Giovanni Battista, Cullurà, Gianluca, Segreto, Antonio, Ardigò, Andrea, Hoxha, Stiljan, Rossetti, Lucia, Prioli, Maria Antonia, Faggian, Giuseppe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2023
• Subjects: Adult; Aortic Valve - surgery; Aortic Valve Insufficiency - surgery; Aortic Valve Stenosis - surgery; Bicuspid aortic valve; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation - methods; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pulmonary autograft; Pulmonary homograft; Pulmonary Valve - surgery; Reoperation - methods; Retrospective Studies; Ross operation; Transplantation, Autologous; Treatment Outcome; Valve repair; Valve-sparing operation; Pulmonary autograft; MACE; Pulmonary homograft; Bicuspid aortic valve; Valve-sparing operation; Ross operation; AI; Valve repair; IQR; CABG; AVR

To define current role of the Ross operation in young patients, the outcome in those followed longer than 20 years were assessed. Between 1994 and 2020, 81 consecutive patients, 70 of 11 male and/or female, mean age 27 years underwent Ross procedure, accruing 20 years of follow-up or longer. Sixty-f...