Recycling of the Pulmonary Autograft During Reverse Ross Operation: From Pulmonary Valve to Neoaortic Valve and Back.
Martin Oliver SchmiadyDominique BettexMichael HüblerMartin SchweigerPublished in: World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery (2019)
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 superior hemodynamic profile compared to other valve substitutes, concerns regarding allograft and autograft longevity have risen in the last decade. We present a case illustrating an alternative operative technique for patients with failed Ross procedure in which the autograft is recycled in order to avoid a two-allograft replacement.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- aortic valve replacement
- aortic stenosis
- young adults
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- ejection fraction
- mitral valve
- anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- pulmonary hypertension
- kidney transplantation
- left ventricular
- coronary artery disease
- venous thromboembolism
- minimally invasive
- decision making
- drosophila melanogaster