Scientific article
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Ross procedure is a safe treatment option for aortic valve endocarditis: Long-term follow-up of 42 patients

Published inInternational Journal of Cardiology, vol. 203, p. 62-68
Publication date2016
Abstract

Aortic root replacement with a pulmonary autograft (Ross procedure) can be performed as a treatment of aortic valve endocarditis, avoiding prosthetic valve implantation in septic context. We sought to assess long-term outcomes of the Ross procedure in this indication.

Keywords
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aortic Valve/surgery
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures/adverse effects/methods
  • Endocarditis Bacterial/complications/surgery
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Valve Diseases/microbiology/surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prospective Studies
  • Pulmonary Valve/transplantation
  • Time Factors
  • Transplantation Autologous
  • Young Adult
Citation (ISO format)
RINGLE, A et al. Ross procedure is a safe treatment option for aortic valve endocarditis: Long-term follow-up of 42 patients. In: International Journal of Cardiology, 2016, vol. 203, p. 62–68. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.10.071
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