title: Dysfunctional pulmonary artery conduit and co-existing large pseudoaneurysm: well-suited for a percutaneous approach with the Melody valve?
abstract: Pseudoaneurysm formation is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication after surgical repair of congenital heart disease. We present a boy with truncus arteriosus communis 14 years after homograft placement in pulmonary position. On follow-up, he presented progressive chronic homograft degeneration. Moreover, a large pseudoaneurysm in the right ventricular outflow tract was surprisingly depicted. We opted for a two-stage interventional approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Congenital Heart Defects and Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Center, University of Freiburg, Mathildenstraße 1, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Rouven
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kubicki
authors.affiliation: Department of Congenital Heart Defects and Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Center, University of Freiburg, Mathildenstraße 1, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stiller
authors.affiliation: Department of Congenital Heart Defects and Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Center, University of Freiburg, Mathildenstraße 1, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grohmann
keywords: Homograft degeneration; Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation; Pseudoaneurysm; Right ventricular outflow tract conduit; Two-stage interventional approach