Aortopulmonary window due to transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation after arterial switch operation

Aortopulmonary window due to transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation after arterial switch operation

Method A 12-year old boy (d-transposition of the great arteries and ASO (LeCompte maneuver) in the neonatal period) was referred for transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation due to pulmonary regurgitation. A 22-mm stentmounted valved bovine jugular vein graft (Melody valve, Medtronic, Minneapolis) was implanted, but the patient became hemodynamically unstable (pulmonary-tosystemic ratio 1.96)...

Aortopulmonary fistula after transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement.

ecg abnormalities after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

transcatheteraortic valve implantation, first introduced in 2002, has been established as an alternative modality for patients deemed not suitable for open-heart surgery. the anatomical vicinity of the atrioventricular node and the his bundle to the non-coronary and rightcoronary aortic cusps predisposes patients to conduction abnormalities in case of severe calcification or mechanical trauma d...

Decreased incidence of supravalvar pulmonary stenosis after arterial switch operation.

BACKGROUND Supravalvar pulmonary stenosis (SVPS) is frequently observed after arterial switch. Traditionally the coronary arteries are removed from the neopulmonic root by excising the entire sinus of Valsalva. As a result, reconstruction of the neopulmonic root requires a pericardial patch encompassing two-thirds of the anastomosis between the neopulmonic root and pulmonary artery. We present ...

Transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation in native pulmonary outflow tract using the Edwards SAPIEN™ transcatheter heart valve.

Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI) is now an accepted alternative option to conventional surgery for patients with dysfunctional conduits between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery. PPVI will reduce the total number of repeat operations in such patients. However, surgery remains the primary option in postoperative tetralogy of Fallot patients with severe pulmonary regurgitat...