Strong Heart and Vascular Center
Division of Cardiac Surgery
The Ross Procedure
This specialized aortic valve replacement surgery is used most often with children and adults under age 35. The procedure involves replacing the patient's diseased aortic valve with the patient’s own pulmonary valve, called an autograft. Then we replace the pulmonary valve with a homograft pulmonary valve. That is, a pulmonary valve from a human donor.
Compared to traditional valve replacement using manufactured prosthetic valves, the Ross Procedure is most beneficial for young people and active older patients: