Course Objectives

• Examine updated survival and quality-of-life data for the Ross procedure compared to other aortic valve operations.
• Examine indications for and against the Ross procedure.
• Identify reasons for long-term structural and functional success or failure of the Ross procedure.
• Compare the morphology, physiology, hemodynamics, bio-mechanics and long-term function of the pulmonary root in the arterial switch and Ross operations.
• Examine diagnostic criteria and surgical strategies to salvage a failing pulmonary autograft.
• Examine strategies to restore the Ross procedure to the surgical “menu” of aortic valve operations, including mentoring methodology for the next generation of Ross Surgeons.