title: Rapid enlargement of neoaortic root after the Ross procedure in children.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Puntel
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Webber
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ettedgui
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Tacy
mesh_terms: 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*