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10037836

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-4-7
pubmed:abstractText
Aortic root replacement with a pulmonary autograft (the Ross Procedure) has been successfully performed in our hospital since November, 1992. The long-term results of five of the earliest cases are reported in this paper (2-3 year follow-up). The patients' ages were two months to eighteen years old. Four of the patients suffered from aortic valve stenosis, and one suffered from aortic regurgitation. Severe left ventricular failure was recognized in three cases. However, the patients recovered from surgery smoothly and without significant aortic regurgitation and left ventricular outflow tract gradients. A serious concern exist as to whether the implanted autograft in 2 months old infant would grow. In this patient, postoperative cardiac catheterization was performed after sixty days, one year, and two years. The diameter of the anulus of the pulmonary autograft enlarged from 12 mm to 18 mm over the period of two years. Compared with the calculated aortic valvular diameter from a standardized body surface area, these diameters were equivalent to 150%-162% of the standardized size at each age. The implanted pulmonary autograft has subsequently enlarged gradually and proportionally. Its function as an aortic valve was maintained even after significant enlargement of the aortic anulus to 18 mm. We therefore conclude that the Ross procedure can be recommended because of the apparent ability the pulmonary autograft to grow over time.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1344-4964
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1279-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
[Long-term results of aortic root replacements with pulmonary autografts (Ross procedure) in five cases].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract