PMID- 15585704
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050225
LR  - 20170214
IS  - 0218-4923 (Print)
IS  - 0218-4923 (Linking)
VI  - 12
IP  - 4
DP  - 2004 Dec
TI  - Early and midterm results with the Ross procedure: a study of the first 31 cases.
PG  - 336-40
AB  - Between 1994 and 2002, 31 patients underwent the Ross procedure by a single 
      surgeon. The mean age was 42 years (24-61), 87% were male and 61% were in New 
      York Heart Association (NYHA) class III-IV. Pure aortic stenosis (AS) was present 
      in 32% of patients, pure aortic regurgitation (AR) in 22% and mixed disease in 
      the rest. The aortic valve was bicuspid in 93.5% of the patients. Autograft 
      implantation was by full root replacement in all cases. Concomitant cardiac 
      surgical procedures were carried out in 10/31 (32%). All patients had at least 
      annual clinical and echocardiographic follow-ups. There was one early death (3%). 
      Overall patient survival was 92.7% at 1 year and 86.1% at 5 years. Twenty-eight 
      (96.55%) were in NYHA class I. Echocardiographic follow-up revealed none to 
      trivial AR in 24/29 (82.75%) and mild AR in 4/29 (13.7%). There was no autograft 
      re-operation before 5 years. The mean gradient across the autograft was low (< 4 
      mm Hg). There were no incidences of endocarditis or thromboembolism. None of the 
      patients required anticoagulation. Our early experience with the Ross procedure 
      has shown good results in relation to early and midterm morbidity, mortality, 
      autograft, and homograft function.
FAU - Matalanis, George
AU  - Matalanis G
AD  - Department of Cardiac Surgery, Austin Hospital, Studley Road, Heidelberg, 
      Victoria 3084, Australia. gmatalan@bigpond.net.au
FAU - Durairaj, Manoj
AU  - Durairaj M
FAU - Shah, Pallav
AU  - Shah P
FAU - Buxton, Brian
AU  - Buxton B
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann
JT  - Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals
JID - 9503417
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aortic Valve Insufficiency/diagnostic imaging/mortality/*surgery
MH  - Aortic Valve Stenosis/diagnostic imaging/mortality/*surgery
MH  - Cardiopulmonary Bypass
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Pulmonary Valve/diagnostic imaging/physiopathology/*transplantation
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Survival Rate
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - Transplantation, Autologous
MH  - Treatment Outcome
MH  - Ultrasonography
EDAT- 2004/12/09 09:00
MHDA- 2005/02/26 09:00
CRDT- 2004/12/09 09:00
PHST- 2004/12/09 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/02/26 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/12/09 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 12/4/336 [pii]
AID - 10.1177/021849230401200412 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2004 Dec;12(4):336-40. doi: 
      10.1177/021849230401200412.