Atrioventricular valve replacement options are limited in infants and small children. The Melody stented bovine jugular vein conduit is being used with increasing frequency for percutaneous pulmonary valve replacement. The Melody valve can be serially dilated over time to accommodate the somatic growth of pediatric patients. We report the initial experience of using the Melody valve as a surgical tricuspid valve replacement in an infant.
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Cardiovasc Revasc Med
January 2025
Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address:
Background: Patients with low-flow, low-gradient (LFLG) aortic stenosis (AS) have precarious hemodynamics and are a fragile population for intervention. Quantification of aortic valve calcification (AVC) severity is a critical component of the evaluation for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR); this study aims to further clarify its utility for risk stratification in LFLG AS.
Methods: This retrospective study evaluated 467 patients with LFLG AS undergoing TAVR at a large quaternary-care hospital from January 2019 to December 2021.
JACC Cardiovasc Interv
December 2024
Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Meizhou People's Hospital, Meizhou, China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering and Technological Research Center for Molecular Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases, Meizhou, China. Electronic address:
JACC Cardiovasc Interv
January 2025
Structural Heart Program, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address:
JACC Cardiovasc Interv
January 2025
Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Institute, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address:
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