title: Implantation of a 29 mm Sapien XT valve in a pediatric patient with an unstented right ventricular outflow tract.
abstract: We describe a 29 mm Sapien XT valve implantation in a 10-year-old girl with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot, severe pulmonary regurgitation, and right ventricular dilatation, using the NovaFlex+ delivery system and the expandable introducer eSheath, without pre-stenting of the right ventricular outflow tract.
authors.affiliation: Children's Heart Center, Pediatric Cardiology Division, Las Vegas, Nevada.|School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada.
authors.forename: Abraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rothman
authors.affiliation: Children's Heart Center, Pediatric Cardiology Division, Las Vegas, Nevada.|School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada.
authors.forename: Alvaro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galindo
authors.affiliation: Children's Heart Center, Pediatric Cardiology Division, Las Vegas, Nevada.|School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada.
authors.forename: William N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011665:Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Sapien valve; pulmonary regurgitation; tetralogy of fallot