TY - JOUR
T1 - Replacement of the aortic root with a pulmonary autograft
AU - Taggart, David P.
AU - Kouchoukos, Nicholas T.
AU - Davila-Roman, Victor G.
AU - Spray, Thomas L.
PY - 1994/6/2
Y1 - 1994/6/2
N2 - To the Editor: Kouchoukos and colleagues describe their experience with a pulmonary-root autograft to replace the aortic root in young patients with aortic-valve disease (Jan. 6 issue)1. The rationale for this operation, technical considerations and pitfalls during surgery, and the concerns raised by Kouchoukos et al. about the possibility of dilatation of the autograft have been discussed at considerable length in three reports by Ross and colleagues2–4. On the basis of Ross's extensive experience, he and his colleagues have reported on the long-term results (mean follow-up, 10 years; maximum, 24 years) in 339 patients who underwent replacement.
AB - To the Editor: Kouchoukos and colleagues describe their experience with a pulmonary-root autograft to replace the aortic root in young patients with aortic-valve disease (Jan. 6 issue)1. The rationale for this operation, technical considerations and pitfalls during surgery, and the concerns raised by Kouchoukos et al. about the possibility of dilatation of the autograft have been discussed at considerable length in three reports by Ross and colleagues2–4. On the basis of Ross's extensive experience, he and his colleagues have reported on the long-term results (mean follow-up, 10 years; maximum, 24 years) in 339 patients who underwent replacement.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199406023302215
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199406023302215
M3 - Letter
C2 - 8177259
AN - SCOPUS:0028352093
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 330
SP - 1615
EP - 1616
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 22
ER -