Factors impacting long-term pulmonary autograft durability after the Ross procedure Ravil Sharifulin, MD, Alexander Bogachev-Prokophiev, MD, Sergey Zheleznev, MD, Igor Demin, MD, Alexey Pivkin, MD, Alexander Afanasyev, MD, Alexander Karaskov, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 157, Issue 1, Pages 134-141.e3 (January 2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.05.046 Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Survival. CI, Confidence interval. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, 134-141.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.05.046) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Aortic regurgitation (AR) after the Ross procedure, over time. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, 134-141.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.05.046) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Cumulative incidence curves depicting freedom from autograft reoperation, according to aortic valve anatomy and hemodynamic lesions. TAV, Tricuspid aortic valve; AS, aortic stenosis; AI, aortic insufficiency; BAV, bicuspid aortic valve; CI, confidence interval. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, 134-141.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.05.046) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure E1 Distribution of aortic valve surgeries over the years. The annual absolute number of the Ross procedures and percent of all aortic valve procedures are shown. Arrows represent the time points when technical modifications of the Ross procedure occurred. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, 134-141.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.05.046) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure E2 New York Heart Association (NYHA) class over time. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, 134-141.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.05.046) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure E3 Kaplan–Meier curves for freedom from thromboembolism, bleeding, and endocarditis. A, Freedom from thromboembolism. B, Freedom from major bleeding. C, Freedom from endocarditis. CI, Confidence interval. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, 134-141.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.05.046) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure E4 Proportion of patients with autograft dilatation (≥45 mm), over time. N, Number of patients with autograft dilatation. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, 134-141.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.05.046) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Cumulative incidence of autograft reoperation depends on valve anatomy and hemodynamics. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, 134-141.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.05.046) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Video 1 External reinforcement of a pulmonary autograft using a vascular graft. Video available at: https://www.jtcvs.org/article/S0022-5223(18)31468-5/fulltext. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2019 157, 134-141.e3DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.05.046) Copyright © 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions