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The Melody transcatheter pulmonary valve can be used as a covered stent to contain bleeding from a right ventricular to pulmonary artery conduit tear.
The Melody transcatheter pulmonary valve can be utilized as a covered stent to manage bleeding complications from RV-PA conduit tears during pulmonary valve implantation.
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May offer bailout for conduit tears during TPVR; hypothesis-generating from single case and should not yet change practice.
Right ventricular to pulmonary artery conduit tear after balloon dilation is a recognized potential complication, which can, in theory, be treated with a covered stent. We describe use of the Melody™ valve as a so-called "covered" stent for containment of bleeding from RV-PA conduit tear.
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Mahgerefteh et al. (2012) studied this question. The Melody transcatheter pulmonary valve can be used as a covered stent to contain bleeding from a right ventricular to pulmonary artery conduit tear.
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