Awareness of the clinical significance of thoracic aortic ... root replacement is required. Reduction aortoplasty has been superseded largely by interposition graft replacement. The standard ...

Young patients who have undergone the Ross procedure for aortic valve disease have shown excellent long-term survival, the majority without the need for additional surgery two decades later.

New 20-year data show a survival rate of 90% with few repeat surgeries after this complex operation that can only be performed by highly trained specialists.

Syphilitic aortitis, resulting in aortic root dilation and severe aortic valve ... of severity of aortic regurgitation during the procedure. If the catheter is positioned too close to the aortic ...

Duchess International Hospital, Lagos, has successfully performed open-heart surgery ... performed an aortic root replacement for an unusually large (8cm) aneurysm (dilatation) of the ascending ...

Without surgery, mortality rates within 2 weeks ... Aortic regurgitation: Acute aortic regurgitation can result from dilation of the aortic root. This may cause acute left heart failure with ...

Mild poststenotic dilatation and increased left atrium/aortic root transverse ratio is noted. Blood flow velocity in the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) of the same patient (Figure 3 ...

Young patients who have undergone the Ross procedure for aortic valve ... exhibit notably higher rates of aortic regurgitation,” Dr. Shetty observed. “Risk factors for late autograft dysfunction ...