%0 Journal Article
%T Recycling of the Pulmonary Autograft During Reverse Ross Operation: From Pulmonary Valve to Neoaortic Valve and Back
%A Dominique Bettex
%A Martin Schmiady
%A Martin Schweiger
%A Michael H¨ıbler
%J World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
%@ 2150-136X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2150135118798584
%X 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
%K Ross procedure
%K congenital
%K valves
%K autograft
%K degeneration
%K reoperation
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2150135118798584