Transcatheter Approaches to Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Congenital Heart Disease: Revolutionizing the Management of RVOT Dysfunction?

Patients with congenital heart disease affecting the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), such as tetralogy of Fallot, truncus arteriosus, and other conotruncal malformations typically undergo surgical palliative procedures early in life that involve RVOT reconstruction. Depending on the surgical approach, this often leads to severe pulmonary regurgitation or RVOT obstruction that is detrimental to right ventricular hemodynamics by the imposition of a volume load, pressure load, or mix of both.
Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: CONGENITAL - Invited Expert Opinion Source Type: research