Transcatheter pulmonary valvulation: current indications and available devices

Arch Cardiovasc Dis. 2014 Nov;107(11):625-34. doi: 10.1016/j.acvd.2014.07.048. Epub 2014 Oct 31.

Abstract

Since the first transcatheter implantation of a pulmonary valve in 2000 in a twelve year-old boy with a dysfunctional right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit by Philip Bonhoeffer and Younes Boudjemline, the Melody(®) valve has become worldwide used. It represents an efficient alternative to open-heart surgery. We aimed in this comprehensive review to describe the current indications of percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation, the devices currently used and the clinical results.

Keywords: Cardiopathies congénitales; Congenital heart diseases; Edwards SAPIEN(®) pulmonic valve; Edwards SAPIEN(®) valve; Melody(®) transcatheter pulmonary valve; Melody(®) valve; Pulmonary valve; Remplacement valvulaire pulmonaire percutané; Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement; Valve pulmonaire.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bioprosthesis
  • Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects
  • Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / methods
  • Cardiac Catheterization / standards
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / standards
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis* / standards
  • Humans
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Prosthesis Failure
  • Pulmonary Valve / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Valve / surgery*
  • Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / therapy*
  • Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / therapy*
  • Treatment Outcome