Melody

The ducts of the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery are used in approximately 20 % of all patients with congenital defects including tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia, truncus arteriosus, transposition of great arteries with VSD, pulmonary stenosis, etc.The Melody trans catheter pulmonary valve is composed of three leaflets of bovine jugular vein mounted on a platinum iridium balloon expandable stent.This study included 120 patients to evaluate the performance of the valve to 6 months after implantation (gradient ≤ 30 mmHg, failure

Conclusion

The study confirms the excellent performance of the Melody pulmonary valve in a real-world population.

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Aimee K. Armstrong
2014-03-31

Original title: One Year Follow-up of the Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Multicenter Post Approval Study.

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