Surgical Melody Mitral Valve: A Paradigm Shift for Infants With Unrepairable Mitral Valve Disease.

MelodyMVR provides reasonable early and medium-term survival in small children and a high rate of successful bridge to mechanical MVR. MelodyMVR is associated with minimal pacemaker requirement, bleeding, and thrombosis. Early Melody functional deterioration necessitates early repeat MVR, which can be achieved with minimal morbidity and mortality.