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Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation has the potential to decrease the number of surgical reoperations for patients requiring pulmonary valve replacement due to pulmonary regurgitation.
Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation offers a potential strategy to reduce the lifetime burden of surgical reoperations in congenital heart disease patients requiring pulmonary valve replacement.
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May reduce reoperations in congenital pulmonary regurgitation; leaves open prospective validation before practice change.
Oosterhof et al. (2009) conducted a review in Pulmonary regurgitation after surgical correction for pulmonary stenosis in tetralogy of Fallot or isolated pulmonary stenosis. Pulmonary valve replacement was evaluated. Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation has the potential to decrease the number of surgical reoperations for patients requiring pulmonary valve replacement due to pulmonary regurgitation.
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