Pulmonary autograft failure after aortic root replacement in a patient with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. |
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| Authors: | R J van Suylen P H Schoof E Bos O M Frohn-Mulder J C den Hollander R Herzberger-ten Cate H J Thijssen |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Pathology, Dijkzigt Hospital, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. |
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We report a 12-year-old girl suffering from juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with severe aortic valve incompetence who died 5 months after an initially successful Ross procedure. Pulmonary autograft failure was a result of recurrence of aggressive valvulitis. |
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