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Percutaneous retrieval of a partially flared Melody valve

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2018

Katarzyna Gendera*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, German Heart Center Munich, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
Peter Ewert
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, German Heart Center Munich, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
Andreas Eicken
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, German Heart Center Munich, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
*
Author for correspondence: K. Gendera, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, German Heart Center Munich, Technische Universität München, Lazarettstr. 36, 80636 München, Germany. Tel: +49 89 1218 2332; Fax: 089 1218 2333; E-mail: gendera.kasia@gmail.com

Abstract

We report on successful endovascular retrieval of an accidentally flared Melody valve in an adult patient with an indication for percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation. The Melody valve was removed through a 24 F sheath, introduced via the right jugular vein, and the urgent open-heart surgery was avoided.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2018 

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