La place de l'intervention de Ross (autogreffe pulmonaire) dans la chirurgie de la valve aortique

The pulmonary autograft operation consists of an aortic replacement using the autologous pulmonary valve. The pulmonary valve is substituted by a cryopreserved pulmonary homograft. This operation is in fact a delicate double valve replacement whose benefits are linked to the viability of the new aortic substitute. The pulmonary autograft has superb hemodynamic features and very low thrombogenicity. The report of a selected observation offers the occasion of defining the current indications of this operation in aortic valve surgery.