Age- and sex-matched controls should not be the standard for the Ross procedure

• Lin Chen, BA,
• Miza Salim Hammoud, MD,
• Michael Jiang, MD,
• Nadia H. Bakir, MD,
• Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc

Affiliations

Lin Chen, BA

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

Miza Salim Hammoud, MD

Division of Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

Michael Jiang, MD

Department of Pediatrics, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio

Nadia H. Bakir, MD

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc

Division of Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio