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Percutaneous valve implantation is the development of a foldable heart valve that can be
mounted on an expandable stent delivered percutaneously through standard catheter …

Background Valved conduits from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery are frequently
used in paediatric cardiac surgery. However, stenosis and insufficiency of the conduit …

Valve replacement is the most common surgical treatment in patients with advanced valvular
heart disease. Mechanical and bio‐prostheses have been the traditional heart valve …

Background—Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation was introduced in the year 2000
as a nonsurgical treatment for patients with right ventricular outflow tract dysfunction …

Objectives: We report our experience of percutaneous valve insertion in pulmonary position
in humans. Background: Over the past 40 years, prosthetic conduits have been developed to …

Background—Right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) reconstruction with valved conduits in
infancy and childhood leads to reintervention for pulmonary regurgitation and stenosis in …

Background—Pulmonary regurgitation can lead to severe right ventricular dysfunction,
which is a delicate postoperative problem in the long-term follow-up of patients who had …

Background The arterial switch operation is judged the best palliative operation for neonates
with transposed great arteries. We aimed to assess the value of analysing a large series of …

Background—The timing of pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) for free pulmonary
incompetence in patients with congenital heart disease remains a dilemma for clinicians. We …