Does the Ross operation fulfil the objective performance criteria established for new prosthetic heart valves?
Objective Performance Criteria (OPC) were established to compare a new heart valve prosthesis with fixed standards of linearized complication rates for morbid events: thromboembolism, thrombosis, hemorrhage, leakage and endocarditis. Although the pulmonary autograft operation provides optimal hemodynamic performances, the morbidity of both the autograft and homograft remain topics of controversy.
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