Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement for Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Conduit Dysfunction After the Ross Procedure Matthew J. Gillespie, MD, Doff B. McElhinney, MD, Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD, William E. Hellenbrand, MD, Howaida El-Said, MD, Peter Ewert, MD, John F. Rhodes, MD, Lars Søndergaard, MD, Thomas K. Jones, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 100, Issue 3, Pages 996-1003 (September 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.04.108 Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) A fully inflated 20-mm balloon [B] did not result in coronary compression or distortion, but (B) a 22-mm balloon [B] resulted in compression of the left anterior descending artery (arrows). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 100, 996-1003DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.04.108) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier curves depict freedom from Melody valve explant (blue line) and any right ventricular outflow tract reintervention (red line) in patients with a prior Ross after transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 100, 996-1003DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.04.108) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Kaplan-Meier curves depict the following: (A) Freedom from any Melody valve stent fracture and (B) freedom from right ventricular outflow tract reintervention after transcatheter pulmonary valve (TPV) replacement in patients. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2015 100, 996-1003DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.04.108) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions