Key result
Percutaneous insertion of a transcatheter 29 mm Edwards Sapien XT valve into a tricuspid valve was successfully and safely performed in a patient with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot.
Why the study?
Is percutaneous insertion of a transcatheter Edwards Sapien XT valve into a tricuspid valve safe and feasible in a patient with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot?
Case Report (n=1)
Is percutaneous insertion of a transcatheter Edwards Sapien XT valve into a tricuspid valve safe and feasible in a patient with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot?
Percutaneous tricuspid valve-in-valve replacement using an Edwards Sapien XT valve is a feasible and safe alternative to surgical replacement in patients with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot.
May support percutaneous tricuspid valve replacement as alternative in repaired tetralogy of Fallot; hypothesis-generating, requiring prospective validation.
Here, we describe a case of a successful percutaneous insertion of a transcatheter 29 mm Edwards Sapien XT valve into a tricuspid valve in a patient with repaired tetralogy of fallot.Similar procedures have been performed with the Edwards Sapien valve and Melody valves; however, this is the first case described in the literature of an Edwards Sapien valve used in a patient with Tetralogy of Fallot.With procedural safety being demonstrated, this case illustrates an important alternative treatment option for patients with congenital heart disease. Although long-term data is required to compare its efficacy with surgically replaced valves, percutaneous procedures can serve as a delay to surgical valve replacement which over a patients' lifetime with congenital heart disease, can minimise the amount of invasive surgeries and potential complications.
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Challa et al. (2017) conducted a case report in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot (n=1). Percutaneous insertion of a transcatheter 29 mm Edwards Sapien XT valve was evaluated on Procedural success and safety. Percutaneous insertion of a transcatheter 29 mm Edwards Sapien XT valve into a tricuspid valve was successfully and safely performed in a patient with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot.
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