Percutaneous valve implantation in “tricuspid” position after a Fontan‐Björk operation | Zendy

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Percutaneous valve implantation in “tricuspid” position after a Fontan‐Björk operation

Author(s) -

Mendes Inês C.,

MaymoneMartins Fernando,

Anjos Rui

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of cardiac surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428

H-Index - 58

eISSN - 1540-8191

pISSN - 0886-0440

DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12853

Subject(s) - medicine , tricuspid atresia , tricuspid valve , percutaneous , cardiology , tricuspid stenosis , shunt (medical) , pulmonary atresia , surgery , stenosis , heart septal defect , heart disease

Background A 30‐year‐old female with tricuspid valve atresia, ventricular septal defect, and atrial septal defect had a neonatal modified Blalock Taussig shunt and a Fontan‐Björk operation performed at five years of age. She did well initially but progressively developed signs of systemic congestion due to severe homograft stenosis and underwent successful percutaneous implantation of a Melody ® pulmonary valve (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA) in the “tricuspid” position.

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