Successful Transcatheter Handmade-Valved Graft Stent for Branch Pulmonary Regurgitation: Novel Approach in a Special Event

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 102; no. 6; pp. e541 - e543
• Main Authors: Lin, Ming-Tai, Wang, Jou-Kou, Wu, Pei-Yuan, Lu, Chun-Wei, Chang, Te-I, Chen, Yih-Sharng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.12.2016
• Subjects: Cardiothoracic Surgery; Endovascular Procedures; Heart Valve Prosthesis; Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation - methods; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency - surgery; Stents; Surgery

Right heart failure is not uncommon in the patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (rTOF). Although commercialized transcatheter stent-mounted pulmonary valves are effective treatment options for improving functional class and for normalizing right ventricular volumes in such patients, they are n...