A new one-step procedure for pulmonary valve implantation of the melody valve: Simultaneous prestenting and valve implantation.

Younes Boudjemline

Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2017)

The one-step procedure is a safe modification that allows interventionists to prestent and implants the Melody valve simultaneously. It significantly reduces procedural and fluoroscopic times, and radiation exposure.

Keyphrases

aortic valve
mitral valve
aortic stenosis
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
minimally invasive
ejection fraction
left ventricular
atrial fibrillation
soft tissue