Rapid enlargement of neoaortic root after the Ross procedure in children.
Serial echocardiographic studies from 11 patients who underwent the Ross procedure were reviewed, and the rate of neoaortic annulus size increase was compared with that in a normal population. The rate of growth of the neoaortic annulus after the Ross procedure was significantly greater than that in the normal population.
Puntel
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Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Webber
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SA
Ettedgui
J A
JA
Tacy
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TA
D000293:Adolescent; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000637:transplantation*