The 46-year-old Princeton, New Jersey, dad was born with a defective aortic valve and had two heart surgeries as a child.

Newswise — The Ross procedure—which uses a child’s healthy pulmonary valve to replace a diseased aortic valve—has been shown to have excellent outcomes in pediatric patients overall. But how does a ...

When done well, the Ross procedure can offer young and middle-age adults good survival and steady hemodynamic outcomes over the long term, according to an observational study of nearly 1,500 patients.

When done by experienced surgeons, the Ross procedure can offer young and middle-age adults a durable alternative to aortic valve replacement, with 25-year survival that matches what’s seen in the ...

Newswise — Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is one of the few pediatric centers in the country with extensive expertise in performing the Ross procedure in young patients—including neonates less than a ...