The Ross process includes placement of the affected person’s pulmonary valve within the aortic place and substitute of the pulmonary valve with a pulmonary homograft. The Ross process has been the operation of alternative for aortic valve illness in youngsters. There is rising proof within the literature now that it is usually changing into the operation of alternative in younger and middle-aged adults the place quite a few experiences doc a transparent survival benefit. The process is carried out by chosen congenital or grownup cardiac surgeons with an curiosity within the process. In an in any other case wholesome grownup, 50 years of age or much less, with out co-morbidities or with an curiosity in bodily exercise, the Ross process needs to be strongly thought-about. Adult cardiologists ought to concentrate on these well-documented benefits within the present TAVR period.
Topics Discussed:
• Brief rationalization of the operation
• Main benefits of the Ross process
• The place of the Ross operation within the period of TAVR
