Transcatheter pulmonary valvuloplasty in neonates with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum.

Background: Transcatheter pulmonary valvuloplasty in neonates with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum (PA-IVS) or duct-dependent pulmonary valve stenosis (DD-PVS) has become a reasonable alternative to surgical right ventricle decompression.

Aim: To investigate mid-term outcomes following pulmonary valvuloplasty.

Methods: Sixty-five neonates with PA-IVS (n=29) or DD-PVS (n=36) (median age 4 days; mean weight 3.

Edwards SAPIEN Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation: Results From a French Registry.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe and analyze data from patients treated in France with the Edwards SAPIEN transcatheter heart valve (Edwards Lifesciences LLC, Irvine, California) in the pulmonary position.

Background: The Edwards SAPIEN valve has recently been introduced for percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI).

Methods: From April 2011 to May 2017, 71 patients undergoing PPVI were consecutively included.

Cardiac strangulation: An atypical complication from epicardial pacemaker leads in a newborn.

We report a rare and serious complication of cardiac strangulation arising from the implantation of epicardial pacing leads in a newborn. Patient's follow-up 9-month postsurgery revealed compression under the pulmonary valve annulus by a pacemaker lead, causing progressive stenosis of the right ventricular outflow tract. The epicardial leads were replaced to relieve compression, and stenosis of the right ventricular outflow tract was rectified.

Health-related quality of life among children with Turner syndrome: controlled cross-sectional study.

Background: The aim of the study was to assess health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in children with Turner syndrome in comparison with controls.

Methods: We prospectively recruited 16 female girls with Turner syndrome (mean age 15.2±2.