Follow-up after the Ross procedure, how significant it is, case reports of three patients

BACKGROUND: Dilatation of the pulmonary autograft is a major drawback of the Ross procedure and it is the leading cause for reoperation in these patients. CASE PRESENTATION: In this report we describe 3 cases reports, each one with a different outcome, of patients that underwent the Ross procedure....

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Autores principales: Artemiou, Panagiotis, Schusterova, Ingrid, Tohatyova, Alzbeta, Cocherova, Jozefina, Krcho, Peter, Sabol, Frantisek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4632330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26530243
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-015-0369-8
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Dilatation of the pulmonary autograft is a major drawback of the Ross procedure and it is the leading cause for reoperation in these patients. CASE PRESENTATION: In this report we describe 3 cases reports, each one with a different outcome, of patients that underwent the Ross procedure. CONCLUSIONS: In order to prevent any lethal or non-lethal complications of the pulmonary autograft these patients need a close and life- long systematic follow-up.

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