title: Transcatheter pulmonary valve insertion: when, how, and why.
abstract: Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement is fast becoming an accepted alternative to repeat surgical pulmonary valve replacement for selected patients and therefore a complementary strategy in the long-term management of those requiring surgical pulmonary valve replacement. With a combined surgical and percutaneous approach, late morbidity for some of these patients may be diminished. This manuscript will review the current indications for this procedure, its limitations, and its benefits.
authors: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida, All Children's Hospital, Florida 33607, USA. tampakidhrtdoc@gmail.com
authors: Jeremy M
authors: JM
authors: Ringewald
authors: Elsa J
authors: EJ
authors: Suh
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents