Use of the Melody™ transcatheter pulmonary valve as a "covered stent" to repair conduit perforation during pulmonary valve implantation.
Right ventricular to pulmonary artery conduit tear after balloon dilation is a recognized potential complication, which can, in theory, be treated with a covered stent. We describe use of the Melody™ valve as a so-called "covered" stent for containment of bleeding from RV-PA conduit tear.
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Interventional Cardiology, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10467, USA.
Joseph
J
Mahgerefteh
Nicole J
NJ
Sutton
Robert H
RH
Pass
D000293:Adolescent; D063126:Balloon Valvuloplasty / Q000009:adverse effects; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006489:Hemostatic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011665:Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome