The Ross procedure is a major heart surgery. It involves replacing an abnormal aortic valve with a valve from the other side of the heart. The Ross procedure is a type of aortic valve replacement ...
The Ross procedure, also called the pulmonary autograft procedure, is a type of heart surgery that treats aortic valve problems (the main valve that sends blood from your heart to your body) in active ...
About 83% of adults with aortic valve disease (AVD) who underwent the Ross procedure, which uses a valve substitute that preserves mobility of the neo-aortic root, are still alive at 25 years ...
Adults who undergo the Ross procedure will fare far better over the next two decades than those treated with bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (AVR), according to a propensity-matched comparison ...
Aortic valve replacements (AVRs) performed with the Ross procedure are on the rise in North American centers, with the best results achieved at higher-volume centers and with experienced surgeons, ...