Ross Procedure With a Composite Autograft Using Stretch Gore-Tex Material Andras C. Kollar, MD, PhD, Scott D. Lick, MD, Diana M. Palacio, MD, Raleigh F. Johnson, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 88, Issue 4, Pages e34-e36 (October 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.117 Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Intraoperative photograph of the cone-shaped composite autograft before implantation. Valve competency was tested with the old fashioned “water probe.” The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 88, e34-e36DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.117) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Volume-rendered three-dimensional reconstruction of the left ventricle and aorta demonstrating normal sinus Valsalva bulges of the neoaortic root (right anterior oblique view). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 88, e34-e36DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.117) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 (Video) Reconstructed computed tomographic image at mid-sinus level in the cross-sectional view. Note the external subcommissural pledgets and the “clover leaf” pattern of the neoaortic root. Dynamic images (video) show visible systolic expansion. An accompanying video for this article can be viewed on the Internet at http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/content/vol88/issue4/images/data/e34/DC1/kollar.mpg. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 88, e34-e36DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.117) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions