Outcome of patients with tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia.

Objective: Tetralogy of Fallot patients with pulmonary atresia (TOFPA) have a largely varying source of pulmonary perfusion with often hypoplastic and even absent central pulmonary arteries. A retrospective single center study was undertaken to assess outcome of these patients regarding type of surgical procedures, long-term mortality, achievement of VSD closure and analysis of postoperative interventions.

Methods: 76 consecutive patients with TOFPA operated between 01.

Aortic arch reconstruction in the Norwood procedure using a curved polytetrafluorethylene patch.

Objectives: The aortic arch enlargement in the Norwood procedure is classically carried out using a curved homograft patch on the inner curvature of the neoaortic arch. The study investigates the outcome of a newly used artificial patch from a vascular prosthesis as an alternative to a homograft patch.

Methods: Since April 2007, we used curved polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE) patches cut out of a prosthesis as an alternative to homograft patches for the aortic arch reconstruction.

Valvuloplasty in 103 fetuses with critical aortic stenosis: outcome and new predictors for postnatal circulation.

Objectives: To review our experience with fetal aortic valvuloplasty (FAV) in fetuses with critical aortic stenosis (CAS) and evolving hypoplastic left heart syndrome (eHLHS), including short- and medium-term postnatal outcome, and to refine selection criteria for FAV by identifying preprocedural predictors of biventricular (BV) outcome.

Methods: This was a retrospective review of all fetuses with CAS and eHLHS undergoing FAV at our center between December 2001 and September 2020. Echocardiograms and patient charts were analyzed for pre-FAV ventricular and valvular dimensions and hemodynamics and for postnatal procedures and outcomes.

Acute and midterm outcomes of the post-approval MELODY Registry: a multicentre registry of transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation.

Aims: The post-approval MELODY Registry aimed to obtain multicentre registry data after transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation (TPVI) with the Melody™ valve (Medtronic plc.) in a large-scale cohort of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD).

Methods And Results: Retrospective analysis of multicentre registry data after TPVI with the Melody™ valve.

First Report of an Acute, Obstructive Thrombosis of a Melody Valve Used for Transcatheter Pulmonary Replacement.

Transcatheter pulmonary valve (TPV) replacement is an effective therapy of right ventricular outflow tract conduit dysfunction. Acute complications after TPV implantation include infective endocarditis, stent fracture, and device dislocation. We present a novel, life-threatening complication: an acute, noninfectious TPV thrombosis.