Melody transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation. Results from the registry of the Italian society of pediatric cardiology

• Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions Vol. 81; no. 2; pp. 310 - 316
• Main Authors: Butera, Gianfranco, Milanesi, Ornella, Spadoni, Isabella, Piazza, Luciane, Donti, Andrea, Ricci, Christian, Agnoletti, Gabriella, Pangrazi, Alberta, Chessa, Massimo, Carminati, Mario
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2013; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; cardiac catheterization; Cardiac Catheterization - adverse effects; Cardiac Catheterization - instrumentation; Cardiac Catheterization - mortality; Chi-Square Distribution; Child; Device Removal; Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; Endocarditis, Bacterial - microbiology; Endocarditis, Bacterial - surgery; Female; Heart Valve Prosthesis - adverse effects; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation - adverse effects; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation - instrumentation; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation - methods; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation - mortality; Humans; Italy; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; Male; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Prosthesis Design; Prosthesis Failure; Prosthesis-Related Infections - microbiology; Prosthesis-Related Infections - surgery; pulmonary valve implantation; Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency - diagnosis; Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency - mortality; Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency - therapy; Pulmonary Valve Stenosis - diagnosis; Pulmonary Valve Stenosis - mortality; Pulmonary Valve Stenosis - therapy; Registries; Societies, Medical; Time Factors; Trans-catheter; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult; Italy
• ISSN: 1522-1946; 1522-726X; 1522-726X
• DOI: 10.1002/ccd.24518

Background and aims Percutaneous implantation of pulmonary valve has been recently introduced in the clinical practice. Our aim was to analyze data of patients treated in Italy by using the Melody Medtronic valve. Methods Prospective, observational, multi‐centric survey by means of a web‐based datab...