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Ross procedure in an infant weighing 4.5 kg

Eight years follow-up

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A 6 month-old male infant (weight: 4.5 kg) with congenital aortic stenosis underwent aortic valve replacement with a pulmonary autograft (Ross procedure). The right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) was reconstructed with a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-valved equine pericardial conduit. At the age of 5, re-RVOT reconstruction with an equine pericardial patch bearing a PTFE monocusp was required because of severe pulmonary stenosis resistant to 2 attempts of percutaneous transluminal pulmonary valvotomy. Currently, at the age of 8, the degree of aortic regurgitation is trivial and the pulmonary autograft is free of functional deterioration despite somatic growth.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sakakibara Heart Institute, 3-16-1 Asahi-cho, Fuchu, 183-0003, Tokyo, Japan

    Mariko Kobayashi MD, Yukihiro Takahashi MD, Makoto Ando MD, Naoki Wada MD, Masamitsu Murata MD & Toshio Kikuchi MD

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Kobayashi, M., Takahashi, Y., Ando, M. et al. Ross procedure in an infant weighing 4.5 kg. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 53, 635–637 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02665074

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