title: Under-use of the Ross operation--a lost opportunity.
authors.affiliation: Magdi Yacoub Institute, Imperial College, London UB9 6JH, UK. Electronic address: m.yacoub@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Magdi H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Yacoub
authors.affiliation: Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: El-Hamamsy
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
authors.forename: Hans-Hinrich
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Sievers
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Blase A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Carabello
authors.affiliation: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Robert O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Bonow
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stelzer
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Santa Casa de Curitiba, Brazil.
authors.forename: Francisco D A
authors.initials: FDA
authors.lastname: da Costa
authors.affiliation: Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Hans J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Schäfers
authors.affiliation: The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Skillington
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
authors.forename: Efstratios I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Charitos
authors.affiliation: University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni Battista
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Luciani
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Johanna J M
authors.initials: JJM
authors.lastname: Takkenberg
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000637:transplantation*; D011788:Quality of Life