The Ross procedure: total root technique

Jessica Forcillo; Mustafa Cikirikcioglu; Nancy Poirier; Ismail El-Hamamsy

doi:10.1093/mmcts/mmu018

The Ross procedure: total root technique

Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg. 2014 Oct 8:2014:mmu018. doi: 10.1093/mmcts/mmu018. Print 2014.

Authors

Jessica Forcillo¹, Mustafa Cikirikcioglu², Nancy Poirier¹, Ismail El-Hamamsy³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospitals and Medical Faculty of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
³ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada i.elhamamsy@icm-mhi.org.

PMID: 25298364
DOI: 10.1093/mmcts/mmu018

Abstract

We describe our technique for the Ross procedure using a total root technique without any foreign material for autograft support. We insist on technical principles, based on the surgical anatomy of the aortic and pulmonary root, aimed at optimizing aortic root dynamics while ensuring long-term stability of the autograft root.

Keywords: Pulmonary autograft; Ross procedure; Surgical technique.

Publication types

Technical Report
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve Insufficiency* / diagnosis
Aortic Valve Insufficiency* / surgery
Aortic Valve* / pathology
Aortic Valve* / surgery
Autografts
Cardiac Valve Annuloplasty / adverse effects
Cardiac Valve Annuloplasty / instrumentation
Cardiac Valve Annuloplasty / methods
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Postoperative Complications* / etiology
Postoperative Complications* / mortality
Postoperative Complications* / prevention & control
Pulmonary Valve* / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Valve* / transplantation
Recurrence
Sternotomy / methods
Tissue and Organ Harvesting / methods
Transplantation, Autologous / methods*