A method of aortic valve replacement involving autograft transplantation of the pulmonary valve, annulus and trunk into the aortic position, with reimplantation of the coronary ostia into the neo-aorta. The RVOT is reconstructed with a homograft conduit. (Ross DN. Replacement of aortic valve with a pulmonary autograft. Lancet 1967;2:956-958.) (Ross D. Pulmonary valve autotransplantation [the Ross operation]. J Cardiac Surg 1988;3:313-319.)
replacing the child's aortic valve with his or her own pulmonary valve
(also see: Autograft) Surgical technique utilized to manage complex obstruction or regurgitation (leakiness) of the aortic valve. The procedure involves transferring the patient's own pulmonary valve and placing it in the aortic position. Typically, a pulmonary homograft is utilized in the location left by the removed pulmonary autograft. The advantages of the Ross procedure include growth potential of the new aortic valve; Anticoagulation(blood thinners) are usually not necessary.
an option when the aortic valve needs to be replaced. The patient's pulmonary valve is removed and used to replace the malfunctioning aortic valve, which is removed and discarded. This allows the patient's own tissue to be used in the more-stressful aortic position. The excised pulmonic valve is replaced by a cadaveric valve, which serves in the less-stressful pulmonic position.
A type of heart valve replacement to replace an aortic valve that is severely narrowed (stenosis) and/or improperly closing, allowing blood to leak back in the wrong direction (regurgitation) with the patients own pulmonic valve with subsequent artificial valve placed in the pulmonic position
The Ross procedure (or pulmonary autograft) is a cardiac surgery operation where a diseased aortic valve is replaced with the person's own pulmonary valve. A pulmonary homograft (valve taken from a cadaver) is then used to replace the patient's own pulmonary valve. Pulmonary autograft replacement of the aortic valve is the operation of choice in infants and children, but its use in adults remains controversial.
