Short- and Medium-Term Outcomes After Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Placement in the Expanded Multicenter US Melody Valve Trial
Author(s) -
Doff B. McElhinney,
William E. Hellenbrand,
Evan M. Zahn,
Thomas K. Jones,
John P. Cheatham,
James E. Lock,
Julie A. Vincent
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.109.921692
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricular outflow tract , cardiology , pulmonary valve , regurgitation (circulation) , pulmonary artery , surgery , stent , multicenter trial , randomized controlled trial , multicenter study
Transcatheter pulmonary valve placement is an emerging therapy for pulmonary regurgitation and right ventricular outflow tract obstruction in selected patients. The Melody valve was recently approved in the United States for placement in dysfunctional right ventricular outflow tract conduits.
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