title: Right heart transcatheter valve therapies - a review of prostheses for the pulmonary and tricuspid positions.
abstract: Minimally invasive, catheter-based treatment of valvular dysfunction has become an integral part of clinical routine. As left heart valvular disease is much more common and thus commercially of interest, transcatheter solutions for the treatment of aortic and mitral valvular defects were the first to become broadly clinically available, while even today options for the right heart valve are rare. This review looks at innovative attempts at developing effective transcatheter heart valve prostheses for the pulmonary and tricuspid heart valves, details their experience and highlights those that have made their way to application in humans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering - Helmholtz Institute - RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraße 20, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Maximilian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuetting
authors.forename: Desiree
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pott
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sedaghat
authors.forename: Yue Ann
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Egron
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rosefort
authors.forename: Nikos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.forename: Joerg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sachweh
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Steinseifer
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000503:physiopathology*
keywords: GUCH; catheter-based therapy; pulmonary heart valve; stent frame design; transcatheter heart valves; tricuspid heart valve; valve-in-valve; valvular dysfunction