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

Thursday, January 16, 2014

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Source Name: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Source URL: http://www.jtcvsonline.org/article/S0022-5223%2813%2900190-6/abstract

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.