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Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement: Impact on Management

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Right Ventricular Physiology, Adaptation and Failure in Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease

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Transcatheter valve therapeutics has revolutionized interventional cardiology in the twenty-first century. When Bonhoeffer and colleagues performed the first-in-man percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI) in 2000, it changed the treatment paradigm of what we can offer patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). In the span of this chapter, we will discuss the underlying burden of pulmonary valve disease in the CHD population and the current indications for surgical pulmonary valve replacement. We will outline the PPVI procedure from procedural and technologic perspective and then review the state of the evidence regarding clinical outcomes, risks & benefits, and potential future perspectives.

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Singh, H.S., Benson, L. (2018). Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement: Impact on Management. In: Friedberg, M., Redington, A. (eds) Right Ventricular Physiology, Adaptation and Failure in Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67096-6_17

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