Long-term outcomes after the paediatric Ross and Ross-Konno procedures

Reoperations after paediatric Ross operation.

not good because of the recurrent inflammatory disorder. You cannot preserve. Dr Hraska: Okay. Is mechanical aortic valve replacement only, without root replacement, justifiable when the long-term future of the neoaortic root is unclear? Can you comment on that? Dr Alsoufi: This is definitely a good question, and I am already trying to get echocardiograms in those patients who had the aortic va...

Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction after Ross-Konno Operation

INTRODUCTION: SAM (systolic anterior motion) is defined as the dynamic motion of the anterior mitral valve leaflet to the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) during systole. In this study, we present a case which we encountered with significant left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) related to SAM and developed after Ross-Konno operation. METHOD: A 4-month, 6.2 kg girl underwent b...

Long - Term Outcomes of Ross Versus Mechanical AVR

Ross operation in the adult: long-term outcomes after root replacement and inclusion techniques.

BACKGROUND Dilatation of the pulmonary autograft is a major concern after root replacement for the Ross operation. The inclusion technique would avoid this drawback, but few data are available on the long-term results of this technique. We retrospectively analyze long-term results of both techniques. METHODS Of 218 patients undergoing the Ross operation between 1991 and 2006, 148 (68%) had ro...

Rescue circumflex artery stenting for major right ventricular dysfunction after Ross-Konno operation.

A single coronary artery is an anomaly in which only 1 coronary artery arises from the aortic root, supplying the entire heart. We report the case of a 5-year-old girl in whom a single coronary artery ostium was discovered during a Ross-Konno operation. This patient required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for postoperative right ventricular infarction due to proximal stenosis of a dominant...