title: Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation in left pulmonary artery branch in a patient with a functional single lung.
abstract: Percutaneous pulmonary valve technology has had a great impact on patients with congenital and acquired heart disease. In some patients, implantation of a percutaneous pulmonary valve may not be possible due to the morphology of the existing right ventricular outflow tract. In this report, we describe implantation of a Melody transcatheter pulmonary valve in the left pulmonary artery in a patient with acquired right pulmonary artery occlusion and a large right ventricular outflow tract.
authors.affiliation: Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, The Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. quresha@ccf.org
authors.forename: Athar M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Krasuski
authors.forename: Lourdes R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Prieto
mesh_terms: D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011665:Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D012509:Sarcoma; D016896:Treatment Outcome