title: [Ross procedure instead of heart transplantation. Recovery potential of the dysfunctional myocardium in heart failure caused by congenital aortic valve insufficiency].
abstract: The authors report a case of a child who presented in advanced valvular heart failure secondary to aortic regurgitation. Due to social circumstances heart transplantation was not a viable option, therefore a high risk pulmonary autograft aortic root replacement (Ross procedure) was performed. Following surgery a delayed but rather gratifying myocardial recovery was observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case represents the preserved recovery potential of the pediatric myocardium in end stage heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis Egyetem, Altalános Orvostudományi Kar, Er- és Szívsebészeti Klinika, Budapest. andraskollar@hotmail.com
authors.forename: András
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kollár
authors.forename: Istaván
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hartyánszky
authors.forename: Krisztina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kàdár
authors.forename: Valéria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Oprea
authors.forename: László
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Környei
authors.forename: András
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szatmári
mesh_terms: D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000637:transplantation*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling