title: Follow-up after the Ross procedure, how significant it is, case reports of three patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Dilatation of the pulmonary autograft is a major drawback of the Ross procedure and it is the leading cause for reoperation in these patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this report we describe 3 cases reports, each one with a different outcome, of patients that underwent the Ross procedure.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In order to prevent any lethal or non-lethal complications of the pulmonary autograft these patients need a close and life- long systematic follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, East Slovak Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Medical Faculty of the University of Pavol Jozef Safarik, Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Artemiou
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, East Slovak Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Medical Faculty of the University of Pavol Jozef Safarik, Kosice, Slovakia. petra@dodo.sk.|Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Faculty of the University of Pavol Jozef Safarik, Kosice, Slovakia. petra@dodo.sk.
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schusterova
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Faculty of the University of Pavol Jozef Safarik, Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Alzbeta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tohatyova
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, East Slovak Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Medical Faculty of the University of Pavol Jozef Safarik, Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Jozefina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cocherova
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, Pavol Jozef Safarik University, Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Krcho
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, East Slovak Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Medical Faculty of the University of Pavol Jozef Safarik, Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Frantisek
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sabol
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013504:Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D055815:Young Adult