Transcatheter Melody valve implantation in the tricuspid position is a feasible alternative to repeat open-heart surgery in pediatric patients with stenotic biological tricuspid valve prostheses.
Supports feasibility of transcatheter tricuspid implantation in a child; hypothesis-generating pending larger prospective studies.
A transcatheter pulmonary valve (Melody) was implanted within a stenotic biological valve prosthesis in tricuspid position, as an alternative to the fourth major cardiac surgery in a 12-year-old girl. There were no complications. The postinterventional result was very good.
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