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Melody valve implantation within freestyle stentless porcine aortic heterograft

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The Melody transcatheter pulmonary valve has been implanted successfully worldwide since its first implant in 2000. The vast majority of these valves have been implanted in pulmonary homografts. In our… Click to show full abstract

The Melody transcatheter pulmonary valve has been implanted successfully worldwide since its first implant in 2000. The vast majority of these valves have been implanted in pulmonary homografts. In our institution, the most common valve used for pulmonary valve replacement is the Medtronic Freestyle stentless porcine aortic heterograft.

Keywords: porcine aortic; melody; freestyle stentless; aortic heterograft; stentless porcine

Journal Title: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
Year Published: 2017

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