European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on July 22, 2008
European Heart Journal 2008 29(17):2180-2181; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn288
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Is the Ross procedure really a Trojan horse?
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Charité
Medical University Berlin
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Berlin 10117
Germany
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Charité
Medical University Berlin
Luisenstrasse 13
Berlin 10117
Germany
Email: pascal.dohmen@charite.de
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We have read the article by Klieverik et al.1 regarding The Ross operation: a Trojan horse with great interest. By the choice of this title, the authors suggest that the use of the autologous pulmonary valve can be utterly devastating. It is understood that the