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Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation (TPVI) has emerged as an attractive therapeutic option for the treatment of right ventricular outflow tract dysfunction. By 2015, more than 7000 transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation have been performed. Two valves are currently used for TPVI. The Melody Valve (MeV) (Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota), which can be expanded to 22 mm diameter. The Edward Sapien Valve (ESV) (Edwards Lifesciences LLC, Irvine, California), which can be expanded to 26 mm diameter. This chapter summarizes the concept, its evolution in clinical practice, current applications, and the devices in current use. Early and mid-term outcomes are presented as well as projected long term results and future developments.

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  1. Pediatric Interventional Cardiology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Comer Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA

    Kalyani R. Trivedi MD, FSCAI

  2. Biological Sciences Division, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Kalyani R. Trivedi MD, FSCAI

  3. Paediatric Cardiology Services, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Trust, London, UK

    Nilesh Oswal MD & Alain Fraisse MD, PhD

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Trivedi, K.R., Oswal, N., Fraisse, A. (2016). Transcatheter Pulmonary Valvulation. In: Lacour-Gayet, F., Bove, E., Hraška, V., Morell, V., Spray, T. (eds) Surgery of Conotruncal Anomalies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23057-3_13

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