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INTERVENTIONS FOR VALVULAR DISEASE AND HEART FAILURE
A modified procedure for percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation of the Edwards SAPIEN 3 valve
Sébastien Hascoet1*, MD; Clément Karsenty2, MD; Marine Tortigue1, MD; A. Claire Watkins1,3, MD; Jean-Yves Riou1, MD; Angèle Boet1, MD; Nabil Tahhan1, MD; Dominique Fabre1, MD, PhD; Stephan Haulon1, MD, PhD; Philippe Brenot1, MD; Jérôme Petit1, MD
1. Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France; 2. Hôpital des Enfants, Toulouse, France; 3. Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI) with SAPIEN valves offers promising results, but it remains technically challenging1,2. The valve is introduced into a short sheath and advanced uncovered to the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT). Tricuspid valve injury has been reported during this manoeuvre3. We describe a protective delivery method of the SAPIEN 3 valve (S3; Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, USA) in the pulmonary position.
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Interventions for valvular diseaseInterventions for heart failureTricuspid / Pulmonary valveChronic heart failure
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