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7 maj 2024 · Pulmonary valve replacement may be done using open-heart surgery or minimally invasive methods, which involve smaller surgical cuts than those used in open-heart surgery. Talk with your surgeon and treatment team about the best option for you.
15 maj 2013 · Surgical PVR is safe with low in-hospital and midterm follow-up mortality and reoperation rates. These outcomes provide a useful benchmark for treatment strategy comparisons.
6 wrz 2022 · Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR) is a minimally invasive surgery to replace a failing pulmonary valve in your heart. A surgeon performs the procedure through tiny skin incisions in your groin, rather than opening your chest with surgery.
5 kwi 2020 · Transcatheter PV replacement (TPVR) has emerged as an alternative to surgical PVR (SPVR) in patients without other defects needing surgical correction. The main benefit of TPVR is to reduce the number of lifelong sternotomies, particularly in those patients at a higher surgical risk.
Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR), also known as percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI), is the replacement of the pulmonary valve via catheterization through a vein. It is a significantly less invasive procedure in comparison to open heart surgery and is commonly used to treat conditions such as pulmonary atresia .
The Melody valve is now indicated for pulmonary valve replacement in the dysfunctional right ventricle to pulmonary artery (RV-PA) conduits or surgical bioprosthetic valves in pediatric and adult patients.
Pulmonary valve replacement (surgical or percutaneous) for relief of symptoms is recommended for patients with repaired TOF and moderate or greater pulmonary regurgitation (PR) with cardiovascular symptoms not otherwise explained
