Half a century after the first pulmonary autograft operation (Ross operation), performed in
1967 by Donald Ross in central London, there is a very strong conviction that the Ross …

The Ross operation is the operation of choice for children and young adults who require
aortic valve replacement. Although the allograft does not require anticoagulation and has a …

The latest reports on the long-term outcome of Ross operation dropped a veil of uncertainty
on the future of this life-saving procedure. The potential for pulmonary autograft dilation and …

The purpose of this paper is to review the current literature and practice of the Ross concept
of using the autologous pulmonary valve to replace a diseased aortic valve. The potential …

In 1967 Donald Ross first described the use of a transplanted pulmonary autograft to replace
an aortic valve in twelve patients stating that “As a living autograft, the transplanted …

The pulmonary autograft replacement of the aortic valve, the Ross operation, introduced in
1967 by Donald Ross, is a major contribution to the treatment of many children and young …

The Ross procedure represents a unique surgical concept of unrepairable diseased aortic
valve replacement by patient's own pulmonary valve (pulmonary autograft). After pulmonary …

The Ross procedure is an ideal aortic valve replacement for the teenage patient because
the pulmonary autograft is durable, is nonthrombogenic, has excellent hemodynamics, and …

Background: The search for the ideal substitute for the aortic valve led Donald Ross to
develop the pulmonary autograft concept in 1967. A historical, technical, and scientific …

As the popularity of the Ross operation grows, so does the population of patients with a
pulmonary autograft in the aortic position and a pulmonary homograft in the pulmonary …