2024 Statement from Asia expert operators on transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2024 Mar;103(4):660-669. doi: 10.1002/ccd.30978. Epub 2024 Feb 28.

Abstract

Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR), also known as percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation, refers to a minimally invasive technique that replaces the pulmonary valve by delivering an artificial pulmonary prosthesis through a catheter into the diseased pulmonary valve under the guidance of X-ray and/or echocardiogram while the heart is still beating not arrested. In recent years, TPVR has achieved remarkable progress in device development, evidence-based medicine proof and clinical experience. To update the knowledge of TPVR in a timely fashion, and according to the latest research and further facilitate the standardized and healthy development of TPVR in Asia, we have updated this consensus statement. After systematical review of the relevant literature with an in-depth analysis of eight main issues, we finally established eight core viewpoints, including indication recommendation, device selection, perioperative evaluation, procedure precautions, and prevention and treatment of complications.

Keywords: percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation; pulmonary regurgitation; transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement.

MeSH terms

  • Asia
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
  • Catheters
  • Humans
  • Pulmonary Valve* / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Valve* / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome