… A cohort of 212 patients (mean age, 34 ± 9 years; 66% men; 82% with congenital aortic
valve disease) underwent the Ross operation and was prospectively followed with clinical …

… There is increasing realization that the normal aortic valve performs many sophisticated …
The Ross operation is the only operation that provides, in the longer term, a living valve …

… The incidence and prevalence of valve disease is increasing … adult aortic valve replacements
were done as a Ross operation, … elective aortic valve replacement had a Ross procedure. …

… Surgeons offered the Ross operation to all children, young adults with isolated aortic
valve disease, and older adults with an active lifestyle and a desire to avoid postoperative …

… of 272 patients (mean age 30 ± 11 years) was submitted to a Ross operation at the authors’
institution. The most prevalent etiology was rheumatic disease (47%). The PA was implanted …

… Treatment of these patients should be based on autograft valve function, … valve disease.
This approach to surgical treatment, rather than aortic valve replacement with a homograft valve …

… with rheumatic disease and BAV who underwent a Ross operation between 1995 … disease
and 314 with bicuspid valves. In the unmatched population, patients with rheumatic disease …

… From November 1996 to May 2000, 23 adult patients with bicuspid aortic valve disease
underwent the Ross operation at our clinic. Preoperative patient demography and transthoracic …

… Ross operation in patients with rheumatic disease was reported.13, 14 We also found that
associated concomitant severe mitral valve … offer the Ross procedure for rheumatic aortic valve …

… THE QUESTION of exactly when to recommend operation in a patient with valvular heart
disease has been a very difficult problem over the years and one that is still not fully solved. The …