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. 2000 Jan 15;320(7228):171–173. doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7228.171

Table 1.

Postoperative events reported to Ross procedure international registry. Reproduced with permission5

Complication No of patients % Of total complications (n=373) % Of patients followed up (n=1983)
Stroke 18 5 0.9
Sepsis 21 6 1.1
Postoperative bleeding 35 9 1.8
Transient ischaemic attack 14 4 0.7
Endocarditis (recurrent) 7 2 0.4
Endocarditis (new) 20 5 1.0
Myocardial infarction 14 4 0.7
Cardiac dysrhythmia 52 14 2.6
Thrombus 12 3 0.6
Other* 180 48 9.1
*

Chronic heart failure, renal failure, pulmonary embolism, pericardial effusion