Prosthetic Pulmonary Valve Stenosis: A Different Way to Solve the Problem.
To avoid a third major cardiovascular surgery in an 84-year-old man, a Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve was implanted in a functionally stenotic bioprosthesis in the pulmonary position. The intervention was free of complications with good results.
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. Electronic address: thomas-schroeter@gmx.de.
Thomas
T
Schroeter
Department of Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Philipp
P
Lurz
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Philipp
P
Kiefer
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Mahmoud
M
Wehbe
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
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Dähnert
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation